Sremski berberin u vremenima promena

Abstract

Legenda o sremskom berberinu koji je izumeo mašinicu za šišanje i obogatio se njenom proizvodnjom u dva navrata je bila prisutna u javnosti. Ta legenda se sastoji iz tri mitske celine: mita o usponu iz siromaštva u srednji sloj, poput romana američkog pisca iz 19. veka Horejše Eldžera (Horatio Alger), mita o velikom bogatstvu stečenog kreativnošću i uspešnim biznisom i specifičnim mitom o izgubljenom blagu čiji bi povratak spasao državu i ekonomiju. Njihova kompozicija prisutna je 1929. godine i 2003. godine u periodima ekspanzije preduzetničko-tržišne ekonomije, u vremenima promene i tranzicije, odražavajući i konstituišući duh vremena. .

The legend of the barber from Srem, who invented the trimming machine, thus making a fortune from its manufacture, came into the public focus on two occasions. It is constituted by three mythical wholes: the myth of the rise from poverty into the middle classes, as in the novel of the 19th. American author Horatio Alger, the myth of the wealth acquired through creativeness and successful business dealings and a specific myth about the lost treasure whose returning would save the country and economy. Their composition is present both in 1929 and in 2003 in the times of the capitalist expansion, in the times of change and transition, reflecting and constituting the zeitgeist. .