Military Priest’s Ethos in the Patriotic War of 1812: Mission on the Battlefield

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Dmitry Mikhailovich Latyshev
Keyword(s):  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
War Of 1812 ◽  
Holy War ◽  
Scientific Idea

Under the conditions of an anthropological turn in the contemporary scientific idea there can be seen an escalating interest to a “man of 1812”, his behav-iour on the battlefield among all-encompassing vio-lence. One of the main figures translating the mili-tary norms and orders for soldiers was a military priest. Based on the sources of private origin there is reconstructed the mission of a military priest on the battlefield. Besides, the present study analyzes the specifics of understanding the concepts of war and motherhood by the clergy, how the priests un-derstood the set tasks and their own mission, which took place in the context of the Orthodox culture and not through the lens of political rhetoric. Such an understanding of war formed an original content of church minister’s mission in the field. The mis-sion of military priests was both preserving the con-fessional identity and participation in the “holy war” as it was called for by state-approved slogans. The author concludes by stating that the ethos of a mili-tary priest was not monolithic, which was deter-mined by the peculiarities of understanding the concept of war by the clergy.

On the Will of the People: Notes on the Political “Theory” of Populism

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Offe
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
The Political ◽  
The People ◽  
National People ◽  
The Will

The “will of the (national) people” is the ubiquitously invoked reference unit of populist politics. The essay tries to demystify the notion that such will can be conceived of as a unique and unified substance deriving from collective ethnic identity. Arguably, all political theory is concerned with arguing for ways by which citizens can make e pluribus unum—for example, by coming to agree on procedures and institutions by which conflicts of interest and ideas can be settled according to standards of fairness. It is argued that populists in their political rhetoric and practice typically try to circumvent the burden of such argument and proof. Instead, they appeal to the notion of some preexisting existential unity of the people’s will, which they can redeem only through practices of repression and exclusion.

“Citizens of Heaven” versus “The Islamic Peril”

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Stockdale
Keyword(s):  
Theme Park ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Potential Danger ◽  
Holy War ◽  
A Site

In early 2001, the Holy Land Experience (HLE) theme park opened in Orlando, Florida. Before 9/11, Islam was merely a shadowy figure at the HLE; after 9/11, however, the park has promoted a vision of Islam and Muslims that fosters hate among American Protestant visitors. This paper argues that the HLE is a site of extreme potential danger, for it espouses holy war and dissent between American Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

Apocalypse as Holy War

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMMA WASSERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Holy War

Hail Columbia!

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lohman
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
War Of 1812 ◽  
Early American Republic ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
Early American ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
The Government

This book examines music as political expression in the early American republic from the post-revolutionary era through the aftermath of the War of 1812. Americans used music as a discursive tool during every major political development. The nation’s leaders faced challenges ranging from threats to the structure of the government to impressment, all amid the nearly constant threat of embroilment in European war and insecurity about the republic’s viability. Americans responded by using music to protest, stifle protest, propagandize, and vie for political dominance. Through music they persuaded, intimidated, lauded, legitimated, and demonized their fellow Americans based on their political beliefs and actions. In music they debated crucial questions about the roles and rights of citizens, the structure of government, and the pursuit of peace and prosperity. They used music to construct powerful narratives about the nation’s history, values, and institutions; to celebrate the accomplishments of country, community, and individual; and to reinforce a sense of identity in national and partisan terms. Organized chronologically, chapters address musical forms of propaganda during ratification of the Constitution, musical expression of transnational revolutionary aspirations, Federalist and Republican narratives of political legitimacy in music, political debates in music during the embargo years, and musical myth-making during the War of 1812. The conclusion summarizes this music’s reception through the remainder of the nineteenth century.

The Humbled Self

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Pattison
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Holy War ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Aristotelian Ethics

The devout self comes to devotion as one who has already fallen short of the Christian ideal and now wants to do better, but it is made clear that perfection will not be achieved in this life and the soul will fall many times. The devout life is thus from the beginning a life of repentance or, more radically, mortification. The self is pictured as engaged in a holy war with itself in which, in the end, it must accept defeat by God. In this defeat it learns humility, widely acclaimed as the most important Christian virtue. However, humility means something different from the modest self-regard of Aristotelian ethics and, as de Sales makes clear, means welcoming abjection. The great model for humility is Christ himself, both as regards the circumstances of his life and death and in the humility of incarnation itself.

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