Contribution to understanding and evaluation of educational role of Muhamed Seid Serdarević

Abstract

UDK: 37.032-053.4/.5

Understanding the development of collective awareness of Bosniak people and varying social, political, economic, educational and cultural processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina that were taking place by the end of the 19^th and the beginning of the 20^th century is not possible without an insight into the intellectual elite of the time. Scholars of religious orientation undoubtedly had a dominant role amongst the Bosniak intellectuals.  Therefore, the role of Bosniak religious intellectuals in the process of the enlightenment is an important topic for further study and research. The aim of this article is to, through this example of a study of the life and works of Muhamed Seid Serdarević, a remarkable Bosniak scholar, who made a deep impact on Bosniak’s spirituality, draw attention towards the versatile influence of Bosniak religious elite of the 20^th century upon social cultural and educational development.