Transformations and Challenges in the Global World

Edited By: Mario Marinov, Valentina Milenkova, Boris Manov

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This book analyses the complex problems shaping our modern world. It explores the impact of digital technologies, social crises, and environmental threats on our communities, personal lives, and global consciousness in the age of globalization.

This book analyses the changes, which the modern world has experienced in its communal, personal, institutional, and everyday aspects. It explores the characteristics of global…

This book analyses the changes, which the modern world has experienced in its communal, personal, institutional, and everyday aspects. It explores the characteristics of global thinking; ethical, axiological and religious dimensions of global consciousness; the challenges of COVID-19 and new forms of communication; and digitization and changes in social communities in the context of globalization. The volume shows that the problems of the modern world are complex and multilateral, caused by social crises, digital technologies, environmental threats, intercultural dialogue, and attitudes towards the Other.

Dr Mario Marinov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Head of the Laboratory for Sociological Research at the South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria. He is the co-editor of Sociology and Law: The 150th Anniversary of Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) (2009), and is a member of the editorial boards of five academic journals. His research interests include sociology of religion, new religious movements, and qualitative research methods.

Professor Valentina Milenkova is Head of the Department of Sociology and Vice Dean of Scientific and Research Activity in the Faculty of Philosophy at the South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria. She is engaged in many international projects and initiatives in the fields of science, higher education, and digitalization. Her research interests are particularly focused on educational policies for minorities, as well as the social significance of education and lifelong learning.

Professor Boris Manov is the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria. He has participated in different research projects related to European political thinking and education. He is also a member of many expert councils and editorial boards, and has published six monographs and over 100 articles. His major research interests include the modifications experienced by global society in a political context.

Albena Nakova, Anand Inbanathan, Anica Dragović, Antoaneta Nikolova, Arjeta Shaqiri Latifi, Boris Manov, Cornelia Rada, Denislav Peichev, Dilyana Keranova, Dobrinka Peicheva, Dushka Matevska, Eileen Barker, Elena Churukova, Elitsa Dimova, Flavia-Elena Ciurbea, Gabriela Lăzăreanu, Gabriela Neagu, Gergana Popova, Ilektra Simitsi, Ilirjana Kaceli, Irina Kitova, Ivana Dragović, Lidiya Tsvetanova-Churukova, Magdalena Atanasova, Marija Drakulovska Chukalevska, Mario Marinov, Marjeta Çeçi, Natalija Tagiltseva, Nikolay Milkov, Marjeta Çeçi, Olga Ruptash, Pooja Thapa, Rusanka Mancheva, Silviya Kristeva, Simona Rodat, Stoil Mavrodiev, Tetiana Radzyniak, Valbona Mucha, Valentina Marinescu, Valentina Milenkova, Vladislava Lendzhova, Zhuljeta Kadilli, Zoran Matevski, Zornitsa Stefanova-Ivanova