Albanian Social and Philosophical Thinking of the ‘30s—Neo-Albanianism

About the Book

Irena Nikaj is clearly one of the best students that I have ever had. That conclusions covers all my years of teaching at the University of Tirana, later at the Institut of Social Studies at the Hague, the netherlands, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from were I received my PhD., at Eastern Michigan University and various other universities in the United States From the very beginning Irena Nikaj has impresed me with her hunger for knowledge, the range of her cultural awareness, her intellectual abilities and her discipline, blending her creativity with her systematic application to her work. And she has lived up to that promise ever since Fatos Tarifa, PhD Director, Institute of Social and Policy Studies European University of Tirana Scientific Secretary, Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences Former Albanian Ambassador to the Netherlands and the United States Editor-in-Chief, Sociological Analysis & Academe Alternate e-mail addresses: fatos.tarifa@uet.edu.al Phone: ++355682016022 The monograph titled “Albanian Social and Philosophical Thinking of the ‘30s (Neo-Albanianism)” has not only theoretical, but also, practical value in the treatment and solution of the many complicated issues that are plaguing Albanian society at present. By introducing an excellent and quite visionary theoretical analysis, this book will preserve its theoretical and practical value even in the future. by Prof. Dr Zyhdi Dervishi Head of Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Science University of Tirana, Albania

About the Author

Irena Nikaj is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Science at University of Korça, Albania. Professor Nikaj’s work has been dedicated to the social and cultural studies in general and connection between Albanian culture and West culture, especially. Irena Nikaj graduated Philosophy and Political Science from Faculty of Social Sciences in Tirana. She received a doctorate degree in 1997 from Tirana University of Albania. She has over 20 years of experiences in the field of social and cultural studies. Professor Nikaj has participated in many international and national projects. She wrote many articles and books and is one of successful researcher in her field of study. The first version of this book complied with the standards of a doctoral dissertation defended at the Philosophy-Sociology Department in the University of Tirana. It was written in the 1996-1997 time period, in the most troubled years of the most troubled period of the post-communist transition of Albanian society. Despite the current of events in Albanian society, from the beginning of the ‘90s until today, Irena Nikaj has worked incessantly in the area of sociological research, thus constantly increasing the quantity and quality of sociological scientific publications. To this very day, Irena Nikaj is the most conspicuous among female sociologists in the Republic of Albania; she has published more original scientific literature in the area of sociological research than any other professor of sociological subjects who works at a university within the Albanian territory.