Experience of Faith in Slavic Cultures and Literatures in the Context of Postsecular Thought / Danuta Sosnowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sosnowska, Danuta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philology.

Comparative linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2018.

Summary:

The book contains reflections on the diversified religious experience expressed in the culture and literature of the Slavic region. We can say that Slavic religious experience is “messy”, but maybe it is better to say this is Slavic experience of modernity that is “messy”. Bearing in mind that ‘Slavic experience’ is only a metaphor – a mental shortcut – we should remember that it is torn between the specificity of the local context and the Western-centric unification. Reflection on specific features of local religious experiences and examining this phenomenon in the context of global processes enriches knowledge of modernity and its relation to secularization and desecularization. If modernity is defined broadly and universally, then studies on ‘small cultures’ can go beyond the traditional interpretative ‘pattern – copy’ or ‘center – periphery’ models.

Notes:

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ISBN:

83-235-3717-8

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323537175 DOI