‘Heritage talks. Heritage calls’: some instances of the canonisation policy of John Paul II in Italy

Modern Italy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Ciciliot
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Canonical System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Pressure Group ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
John Paul Ii

During his long pontificate, John Paul II pursued a wide and carefully articulated policy of canonisations whose aim was to underwrite his magisterium by presenting hagiographical models that would convey well-defined pastoral teaching and contain both ecclesiastical and ecclesiological messages for the faithful. The high number of Italians declared blessed and/or made saints analysed in the present article is proof of the special interest the Pope showed in Italy and specifically in the sanctity of the country. The high concentration of beatifications and canonisations of hagiographical figures from Italy can be explained only in part by the canonical system, which regulates the process of canonisation and which makes it easier to open and support a cause, above all from a financial point of view, if the pressure group behind the candidate for sainthood is located near the Vatican. More precisely, what emerges is both the attempt to create a specific public image of Italy as a nation which has been a historic stronghold of Catholicism and is still capable of reacting to secularisation, and the objective of laying down more effective guidelines and robust directives for civil society. In other words, by proposing Italian hagiographical models, John Paul II was striving to mould Italy's national identity in a Christian form, conferring on the country the role of model for other European states.

scholarly journals The Role Of Islamic Values In The Formation And Development Of Civil Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 236-239
Author(s):  
Akmal Nasriddinovich Abdullaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Millennium ◽  
Islamic Values

The article analyzes one of the most pressing problems of the third millennium from a socio-philosophical point of view: the importance of religious values in the formation of civil society, dialectical relationships, compatibility and problems of Islamic values and values of civil society.

Civil society

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean L. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Force ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Formal Economy ◽  
Role Of The State

In modern social and political philosophy civil society has come to refer to a sphere of human activity and a set of institutions outside state or government. It embraces families, churches, voluntary associations and social movements. The contrast between civil society and state was first drawn by eighteenth-century liberals for the purpose of attacking absolutism. Originally the term civil society (in Aristotelian Greek, politike koinonia) referred to a political community of equal citizens who participate in ruling and being ruled. In the twentieth century the separation of philosophy from social sciences, and the greatly expanded role of the state in economic and social life, have seemed to deprive the concept of both its intellectual home and its critical force. Yet, approaching the end of the century, the discourse of civil society is now enormously influential. What explains the concept’s revival? Does it have any application in societies that are not constitutional democracies? From a normative point of view, what distinguishes civil society from both the state and the formal economy?

scholarly journals VIEWS OF RUSSIAN GUARDS OF THE XIX-XX CENTURIES ON THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Igor Tushkanov
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
State Security

The article analyzes the works of Russian political and legal thinkers of the protective direction of the XIX-XX centuries, which expressed their point of view on civil society and its role in the development of the state. The author makes a reasonable conclusion that the majority of state security experts supported the active participation of civil society structures and individual citizens in monitoring the activities of state authorities.

scholarly journals A mulher em documentos eclesiais

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (252) ◽  
pp. 883
Author(s):  
Olga Consuelo Vélez Caro
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Church Life ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Church

A participação da mulher na vida da Igreja é um fato inegável. Porém, como na sociedade civil, a mulher herdou o estereótipo de ser destinada unicamente “à procriação e aos trabalhos domésticos”. Isto tem impedido que, muitas vezes, ela seja considerada “sujeito” da vida eclesial. Este artigo parte desta realidade e apresenta, a partir de alguns documentos do ensino papal (Leão XIII, Bento XV, Pio XI, Pio XII, João XXIII, Paulo VI e João Paulo II), a maneira como se tem concebido a mulher e seus papéis na vida social e eclesial. Destacam-se as contribuições dos documentos do Vaticano II, de Medellín e de Puebla na superação de estereótipos em relação à mulher. Estes documentos, na verdade, oferecem um horizonte libertador, que pode contribuir decisivamente para outra concepção do papel da mulher na vida eclesial. Porém, estas mudanças não serão desencadeadas pelo mandato das autoridades oficiais, mas sim, pela iniciativa das próprias mulheres.Abstract: Women’s participation in the Church life is an undeniable fact. However, in the Church as in civil society, women have inherited the stereotype of being destined only “to procreation and housework”. This has often prevented them from being considered “subjects” of ecclesial life. Starting from this reality, this article discusses, with the help of some documents of the Magisterium (Leo XIII, Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II), how women and their roles have been interpreted in social and ecclesial life. It is important to note the specific contributions of the Vatican II documents and those of Medellin and Puebla to the struggle against the usual stereotypes related to women. Indeed, these documents offer a liberating horizon that can contribute decisively for another view of the role of women in ecclesial life. Nevertheless, these changes will not be unchained by the official authorities’ mandate but by the initiative of women themselves.

The unique role of the Chinese government in the protection of overseas citizens

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085232095427
Author(s):  
Lianlian Liu ◽  
Jessica Gammon
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Protective Mechanism ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
The Government

How to optimize China’s protective mechanism for overseas citizens has become the top agenda of China’s public administration. A comparison of the evacuation policies of China and the US in the 2010s reveals that the Chinese government’s operations attach more importance to the actual effects of evacuation and the feelings of citizens, while considering the responsibility of citizens and cost burden less. This generous evacuation policy can be partly rationalized by China’s domestic factors, such as the “Going Global” policy, its contemporary image as a populous rising power, and its traditional family-country narrative, which generates a familial conception of state–citizen relations and encourages the government to take extra responsibility for citizens. While the familial conception of state–citizen relations is conductive to building national identity and cohesion, it blurs the dividing line between civic responsibility and governmental responsibility, undercuts the efficiency of public administration, causes waste of public resources, and overburdens governmental agencies. As China’s industrialization and urbanization progress, how to revise the long-established familial conception of state–citizen relations and establish a responsible civil society based on contractual rule of law has become an urgent issue. Points for practitioners This study highlights the parental role of the Chinese government in the protection of overseas citizens and attributes it partly to the traditional family-country narrative, which generates a family conception of state–citizen relations. While this conception is conductive to building national identity and cohesion, it causes waste of public resources and overburdens governmental agencies. It is necessary to revise the long-established conception and cultivate a responsible civil society to improve the efficiency of public administration in contemporary China.

Mining and Price Rent in the Modern Russian Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 52-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kimelman
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Multistage Process ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Modern Russian

The article considers the economic essence and stages of formation of potential, tangible and real mining rent and price rent in the modern raw materials sector of the Russian economy. It determines the role of each participant in the multistage process of rent incoming into government revenues. Actual tax system is analyzed from the point of view of mining and price rent withdrawing issues, recommendations for its modernization are developed. It is demonstrated that a huge massive of mining rent in Russia is formed objectively, but distributed subjectively without taking into account interests of the civil society.

scholarly journals Etos dworu i „ludzi dobrze wychowanych”: epitafium dla inteligencji

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-70
Author(s):  
Antoni Z. Kamiński
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Civic Culture ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Global Order ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to a critical analysis of current controversies concerning the Polish national identity, and the interpretation of the impact of nobles’ democracy on the demise of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. It considers the role of national identity as a factor influencing civic culture and, therefore, determining its usefulness in assuring the proper functioning of the constitutional order. The analysis assumes that (1) the current global order is the product of the emergence of nation-states; (2) that a nation-state cannot exist without civil society grounded in the concept of national identity and patriotism. Patriotism is opposed here to nationalism; similarly, cosmopolitism is opposed to internationalism. Patriotism and cosmopolitism are compatible and imply an open-minded, inclusive attitude to different national identities. Both nationalism with its focus on superiority of one’s own nation, and internationalism — rejection of the nation-state in the name of an imaginary global, stateless community — are exclusive. These both exclusive postures present a threat to civil society.

Counterfeiting, fashion and the civil society

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Meraviglia
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The paper deals with counterfeiting, its problems and its effects, analyzing the case of Italy in particular. The purpose of this paper is to underline the scale of the phenomenon and its economic and social impact on the fashion industry and civil society, concentrating on the involvement of organized crime. Lastly, it offers some possible counter-strategies for detecting continual violations and ensuring it spreads no further. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a multidisciplinary approach to the issue of counterfeiting in the fashion industry; beginning with an economic analysis of the phenomenon and examines its social implications, going deeper into the role of the consumer from a sociological point of view and, from a forensic one, the role of organized crime. Findings – Three things emerge from the analysis of the main features of the connection between counterfeiting, the fashion industry and the consequences for civil society: the size of the phenomenon, the low level of awareness in government and civil society about the seriousness of the problem, and the link with organized crime (and resulting social implications). Social implications – The main social implications of this work concern first the role of consumers, who may vary greatly in the degree of awareness they exercise when buying, and second the close connections between organized crime and the counterfeiting supply chain. Originality/value – Counterfeiting has become a global business. In Italy it has reached huge dimensions and has developed some peculiar aspects, particularly in the fashion industry: this paper brings out these economic, social and criminal aspects. In order to effectively tackle this problem, therefore, it is essential to work out both supply side and demand-side strategies and to strengthen co-operation across national borders, taking steps to control the whole supply chain as well as working to educate consumers.

Ukrainian Studies as a Factor in the Education of a Nationally Conscious Personality

2021 ◽  
Vol XVII ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Larysa Maftyn
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
National Consciousness ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
National Identification

The article reveals the role of Ukrainian studies in the process of forming a nationally conscious personality. Scientific approaches to the interpretation of the concepts “national consciousness”, “national selfconsciousness”, “national identification”, “Ukrainian studies” are generalized. The thesis is substantiated that Ukrainian studies should become a scientific and practical basis for the development of modern education, updating its content and educational influences, adequate to the needs of an independent Ukrainian state. It is emphasized that in the existence of the Ukrainian people, the national identity is a leading factor in the formation of civil society.

Urpaqtar sabaqtastyǵy arqyly ulttyq bіregeılіktі saqtaýdaǵy dіnı nanymdardyń rólі [The Role of Religious Beliefs in the Preservation of National Identity Through the Succession of Generations]

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (117) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
B.Z. Imanmoldayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Spiritual Unity

This article analyzes the worldview of our nation formed by generations. The analysis was conducted from the philosophical point of view and on the basis of the particular family’s attitude towards ancient Turk religious beliefs and preservation of national identity. The article also discusses the evidences of ancient people’s faith left on old Turkic manuscripts, and its trail left on the mentality of further generations. Moreover, it was found that the perception of the blue wolf totem, played a significant role in the preservation of the national identity. It was also revealed that a succession of generation to the Sun (Mitra), in ancient Turk worships, has a significance in keeping spiritual unity. As a result, the basic functions of preserving a national identity through succession of faith across generations were suggested. Бұл мақалада халқымыздың дүниетанымындағы ұрпақтар сабақтастығы туралы идеялар сараланды. Оның жеке отбасынан бастау алып, ұлт руханияты арқылы жүзеге асатындығына шолу жасалды, көне түркілік діни сенімдердің ұлттық бірегейлікті сақтай отыра, ұрпақтан-ұрпаққа сабақтасатындығы философиялық тұрғыдан талданды. Көне тәңіршілдік сенімнің көне түркі жазба ескерткіштеріндегі көріністерінің ұрпақтар арқылы жалғасқан менталитеттік көріністері сарапталды. Сонымен қатар, көк бөрі тотемінің көнеден бері сабақтасқан дүниетанымдық қырлары да ұлттық бірегейлікті сақтауға айтарлықтай ықпал еткендігі дәйектелді. Күнге (Митра) табыну дәстүрлері көне түркілік руханияттық бірегейлікті сақтауда айтарлықтай қызмет атқарғандығы да бұл сенімнің сабақтасқандығы бойынша ашып көрсетілді. Нәтижесінде, діни сенімдердің ұрпақтар сабақтастығы арқылы ұлттық бірегейлікті сақтаудағы негізгі қызметтері ұсынылды.

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