scholarly journals Paul Claudel, la foi et I’histoire

Literator ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
F. Durand
Keyword(s):  
Religious Faith ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Paul Claudel ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Superior Level ◽  
Hostile Attitude ◽  
Established Church

In this article an attempt is made to describe Paul Claudel’s attitude towards the historical events of his time, and to show how his religious faith profoundly influenced his reactions. Claudel sometimes behaves as a member of an established Church and judges a policy or a fact according to its consequences on the position of the Catholics in general and of the Clerics in particular, with a hostile attitude towards the atheists and even the Protestants. But he sometimes also interprets the events in the light of his biblical culture and, at an even superior level, by conforming himself to the spirit of the Gospels - so that his faith may sometimes inspire him with sectarian and conformist judgments, while allowing him also to take bold and original points of view.

scholarly journals La imagen del judío en la España medieval

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Cantera Montenegro
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Practical Point ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Early Beginning ◽  
General Feeling ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Hostile Attitude

Desde fechas tempranas de la Edad Media fue configurándose y difundiéndose una imagen peyorativa de los judíos, expresión de la profunda antipatía que hacia ellos sentía la población mayoritaria cristiana. La imagen del judío medieval, que fue conformada a lo largo de los siglos por los derechos civil y canónico, consiste en un estereotipo, con rasgos muy semejantes entre los diferentes ámbitos geo-históricos del Occidente europeo. Lejos de ser un reflejo fiel de la realidad, guarda una estrecha relación con el lugar que la minoría hebrea ocupaba en la conciencia colectiva cristiana medieval: de este modo, pese a que los judíos constituían un grupo heterogéneo desde los más diversos puntos de vista socio-económico, religioso o cultural, aparecían homogeneizados a través de diversos rasgos que el subconsciente de la población mayoritaria convertía en universales. Entre los rasgos que identificaban hacia el exterior a la minoría hebrea se escogían los más llamativos: determinados rasgos físicos y del carácter; el uso de ciertas prendas de vestir; el ejercicio de algunas actividades profesionales, principalmente el préstamo con interés, y la posesión de enormes riquezas; o la práctica de ciertos crímenes rituales. Esta homogeneización del grupo actuaba como un auténtico estigma, y explica en buena medida la actitud hostil hacia la minoría hebrea, tanto desde un punto de vista teórico como en la práctica. En este trabajo se analizan los distintos argumentos que conformaron la imagen del judío medieval, a su vez generadores de odio hacia la población hebrea y legitimadores de las actitudes hostiles de la población mayoritaria.Since the early beginning of the Middie Ages, the jewish bad image spread among the christian - majority population as an expression of a deep feeling of rejection towards them. The middie ages jewish image is a result of the influence of the civil and religious laws through centuries and consists on a stereotype with very similar features among the different geo-historical regions of Western Europe. Far from reflecting the true reality, this attitude was closely linked to the general feeling of middie ages christians towards the jewish minority. Thus, although jews were different between themselves undera variety of points of view, socio-economic, religious or cultural, they were considered in the same way by an unconscient process of generalisation in the majority of the population. Among the most significant features attributed to the jewish minority, the most outstanding of all were chosen: the physical appearance, the behaviour, the use of certain clothes, some professional activities like banking, their enormous wealth and the practice of ritual murders. This homogeneous feeling about that group acted as a real stigma and explains well the hostile attitude towards the jewish minority, both under the theoretical and practical point of view. In this report, the different elements that built the image of the jews during the middie ages are analyzed. They have contributed, in an important way, to feed the hate towards the jewish and to legitímate the hostile attitude of the majority of the population.

scholarly journals Representation of Cultural Traumas in Contemporary Public Discourse: “New Frankness” of Meta-Modernism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ovodova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Distinguishing Features

The prerequisites for this study are criticism of postmodernism by theorists and philosophers of culture, and the actualisation of metamodernism as one of the most popular theories of postmodernism. The relevance of the study is determined by the appearance of a ‘new sensitivity’ having arisen from geopolitical events of the 2000s. Metamodernism theory authors declare the new structure of sensation to be different from the dominants of postmodernism and modernism. The article describes the transformation of the representation of cultural traumas in public discourse with the consideration of ideas of metamodernism and a new frankness. The article covers the methodological capabilities for using postmodernism and metamodernism discourses for analysing the principles of representation of cultural trauma within public discourse. Distinguishing features of new frankness are highlighted. Immortal Regiment action is analysed as an example of actualisation of personal experience and family history in public discourse. The concept of ‘new frankness’ increases the role and significance of the witness. The examples of works of contemporary mass culture and media resources are used to trace the actualisation of the witness’s narrative of cultural trauma. Warmth, depth, and affect, characteristic of metamodernism, actualise the demand for plausibility and personal experience of an event. An indirect effect of these hypotheses consists in that narratives on cultural trauma are multivariate as manifested in criticism of the conventional image of a historic event. Re-evaluating historical events from different points of view triggers mechanisms of latent trauma, potentially making almost any historical event a cultural trauma. The study resulted in the revelation of accentuation of sensitivity in narratives of cultural traumas, as opposed to manners prevailing in modernism and postmodernism discourses, i.e. practices of stigmatisation, suppression, and the commodification of cultural traumas.

Influence Of Religious Factor In The Development Of Cultural And Educational Identity Of Albanians Through Centuries.

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shyqyri Hysi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Faith ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
National History ◽  
Educational Identity ◽  
Religious Factor

The course of historical events, has demonstrated that the religious faith has been a permanent factor in molding the characteristics of cultural and educational identity of Albanian people. In Albania, there are four religious communities which are officially recognized (Muslim and Christian faith) and some sects deriving from them. Those religious communities have continuously influenced the identities of Albanian through centuries, they have cultivated culture, art, literature, tradition and their influence are an integral part of our national history and culture being enriched and directed by their influence. Besides being influential in the historical events, the religious communities in Albania, they witness an air of harmony and coexistence.

scholarly journals What have Facts to do with Faith?

1909 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Charles H. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The Third ◽  
Historical Fact ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Gospel Narratives

The question, “What have facts to do with faith?” expresses a rather widely prevalent suspicion regarding the religious value of the facts recorded in the gospels and summarized in the creeds; and it deserves consideration by every one who has religious interests at heart, since it brings up vital problems concerning the possibility of revelation and the value of the Christian faith. Two allied questions have been much debated recently in this country, although they were pretty well threshed out in Germany a decade or two ago; first, what obligations rest upon a man who subscribes to the Christian creeds; and, secondly, whether it is not desirable that the creeds should be so changed, or be given such meanings, that no one would be obliged in confessing his faith to make any assertion concerning matters of historical fact. Back of these questions lies a more fundamental and more practical one: What value have facts for our religious faith? Of what value for our religious life is it to affirm in our creeds the truth of such historical happenings as, “He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day He rose again from the dead”? Of what value is it to read or hear such Scriptures as those which tell us that Christ healed the palsied man let down through the roof, and the blind man who called to him from the wayside; or raised the widow's only son; or had compassion on the multitudes, and fed them? It must be granted, we are told, that doubts may always arise about historical events, since historical knowledge rests on human testimony with all its weaknesses; and granted, too, that events seem but a dry and cold substitute for the living faith craved by our hearts. Would it not, then, be well, we are asked, to omit from our creeds matters of fact (or alleged fact), and to reduce our gospels to “the Words of the Christ”? If not, some sound reason ought to be given for retaining the gospel narratives of our Lord's marvellous deeds, which are stumbling-stones to many feet seeking the path of righteousness, and for affirming in the creeds the most notable events of his life instead of simply calling him Master.

Little Acts of Faith: Katie Mitchell's ‘The Mysteries’

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (54) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Normington
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Mystery Plays ◽  
Royal Shakespeare Company ◽  
Civic Pride ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Established Church

The success of Katie Mitchell's production ofThe Mysteriesfor the Royal Shakespeare Company has again demonstrated the appeal of the plays for a modern audience. Most revivals trim and otherwise adapt the texts of the original, sprawling cycles: but Mitchell and her dramaturg, Edward Kemp, more calculatedly addressed the problems of updating not only the texts, but also the acting style and attitudes towards the dominant issues – notably those of gender representation. The original cycles often intriguingly juxtaposed religious faith and local politics in an assertion of civic pride which none the less also acknowledged the dominance of the established Church: and in the following article Katie Normington assesses the relevance of Mitchell's production for the secular, depoliticized society of the 'nineties. Katie Normington is a freelance fringe theatre director who is currently researching the role of women in the mystery plays and lecturing in drama at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

scholarly journals The Art Music’s Road from a Closed System to Openness

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-61
Author(s):  
Kimmo Lehtonen ◽  
Antti Juvonen
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Closed System ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
New Research ◽  
Similar Elements

Abstract In this article we form a review-like vision of the development of Finnish music educational system. We use a philosophic-historic method combining the historical events into the educational theories and philosophical points of view. We use conceptions from music sociology and musicology combined in educational and partly historical point of view. The aim of the study is to find similar elements in the development of Finnish music education and positivistic and behaviouristic theories. The power structures and the ways of action are analyzed and estimated in spirit of discussion and opening new perspectives in the Finnish music education institutes which are struggling for survival in close future. Our findings show that old traditional ways of thinking and developing music education systems and organisations have come to the end of the road and new winds must start blowing. New research, the explosion-like development in music culture and music industry set new demands also to music education and institutions. The turtle defence no longer works and music culture must be seen as multidimensional many-sided part of every human being’s life.

The history of the Imyaslav polemic in the context of foreign Church journalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Afanasii K. Gabuev
Keyword(s):  
Active Participation ◽  
Separate Study ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dionysius The Areopagite ◽  
History Of ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Polar Opposite ◽  
The Church

In the history of the holy Mount Athos, there were not so many bright historical events, one of them was the dispute about the Name of God and the Name of Jesus. Having arisen among the Russian monks of Mount Athos in 1912 – 1913, the dispute did not attract the active participation of representatives of other nationalities. One of the features of this phenomenon was that from the very beginning it received a categorically negative definition from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This definition has not undergone a significant revision among foreign ecclesiastical and secular historians and publicists over the past hundred years. At the same time, in Russia, the topic of the history and essence of imyaslaviya since its appearance and still continues to be debatable. The author of this publication separately examines the position that prevailed among the Greek monks and clergy on Mount Athos in relation to the Imyaslav dispute. It is also noteworthy that both sides (both opponents and supporters of imyaslavy), arguing their polar opposite points of view from the very beginning of the Imyaslavsky discourse, appeal to the same sources – the Holy Scripture and the works of the Holy Fathers of the Church, especially to the theological heritage of Gregory of Nyssa, Basil the Great, Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory Palamas. However, certain statements are sometimes quoted tendentiously selectively outside the entire context of the source. This is especially true for authors whose works criticize and refute the Imyaslav teaching. Without setting a task to consecrate all aspects of this topic, which in itself is worthy of a separate study, the author of the publication tries to show the general history of the discussion, as well as how objective were the assessments about the Imyaslav teaching itself, expressed from the very beginning of its appearance, and how these assessments influenced the further course of the Imyaslav process as a whole.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

High Resolution Specimen Area Imaged Under Negligible Field Aberrations

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 540-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Yanaka ◽  
K. Shirota
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Field Distribution ◽  
Image Space ◽  
Beam Deflection ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Leakage Flux ◽  
Specimen Area ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Aberration Theory

It is significant to note field aberrations (chromatic field aberration, coma, astigmatism and blurring due to curvature of field, defined by Glaser's aberration theory relative to the Blenden Freien System) of the objective lens in connection with the following three points of view; field aberrations increase as the resolution of the axial point improves by increasing the lens excitation (k2) and decreasing the half width value (d) of the axial lens field distribution; when one or all of the imaging lenses have axial imperfections such as beam deflection in image space by the asymmetrical magnetic leakage flux, the apparent axial point has field aberrations which prevent the theoretical resolution limit from being obtained.

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