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The Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity / by Andreas E. Buss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buss, Andreas E.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of religions ; 100.
- Studies in the history of religions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russkaiï¸ a︡ pravoslavnaiï¸ a︡ tï¸ s︡erkovʹ.
- Economics--Religious aspects--Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ--History of doctrines.
- Economics.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Doctrines--History.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.
- History.
- Economics--Religious aspects--Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 222 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Summary:
- The book attempts to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition from a historical and comparative perspective and to contrast it with two of modern Western society's characteristics: its particular economic ethics and individualism.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Traditional Societies and Modernity-Approaches to the Study of Foreign Cultures xiii
- Part 1 Between Two Alternatives
- Chapter 1 Max Weber and Leo Tolstoy on Science and Culture 3
- The History of Science as a Search for Meaning 4
- The End of an Epoch 7
- Weber's Turn to Russia 11
- Political Perspectives 11
- Russian Christianity 13
- Leo Tolstoy 14
- The Two Alternatives 19
- Part 2 The Economic Ethics of Russian-Orthodox Christianity
- Chapter 2 The Patrimonial State and the Spirit of Orthodoxy 27
- The Patrimonial State 30
- The Nobility 33
- The Merchants 35
- The Peasants 38
- The Patrimonial State and Capitalism 41
- The Orthodox Church and Monasticism 43
- The 'Spirit' of Orthodoxy 49
- Chapter 3 Russian Old Believers and Sects 59
- The Origins of the Schism 59
- Old Believers and the Weber Thesis 61
- The Economic Ethics of Old Believers 64
- The Khlysty 73
- The Skoptsy 77
- The Dukhobors 82
- The Molokans 84
- Stundism 87
- Chapter 4 Pariah-Ethics and the Russian-Orthodox Tradition 91
- Part 3 The Place of Individualism in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition and in the West
- Chapter 5 The Place of the Individual in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition 99
- Individualism and Holism among Outworldly Monks 101
- Church-State Relations in Byzantium 106
- Church-State Relations in Russia 112
- The Raskol and the Russian Sects 116
- Slavophiles and Populists 120
- Chapter 6 The Occident's Separation from the Orient, Its Unique Path of Development 129
- The Axial Age 131
- Individualism in Antiquity 134
- Imperium and Sacerdotium in Early Christianity 137
- Early Christianity and the Concept of the Persona 142
- The Papal Revolution 146
- The Decisive Step of the Reformation 152
- Protestant Individualism and Personality according to Max Weber 154
- Natural Law Theory and Individualism 157
- The Rise of Individuality 158
- Chapter 7 Orthodox Russia's Acculturation to Modernity 164
- Theoretical Considerations 164
- The Russian Intelligentsia 166
- Changing Concepts of Nationality and Sovereignty 168
- Russian Socialism 171
- From Byzantine Icons to Modern Russian Art 173
- From Traditional to Modern Russian Music 178
- Epilogue: Trials and Errors Since the October Revolution 182
- Appendix The Concept of Adequate Causation in Comparative Cultural Studies 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004133240
- OCLC:
- 53038013
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