TOLERANCE HERITAGE: THE ROUTE OF SUFISM FROM KHORASAN TO THE BALKANS

The necessity for peaceful coexistence today makes the study on tolerance a must have. The vast region from Central Asia-Khorasan to the Balkans has had its ups and downs for centuries. The diversity of nations and tribes along this path highlights the attention to common cultural components. Meanwhile, the existence of various Sufi groups throughout the history in the region has a special character. The idea of Sufism was essentially based on tolerance and grew into a Peaceful coexistence. However, various Sufi groups have experienced violence at historic junctures by entering the political arena. But it must be said that the distinction between cultural and ideological Sufism has shown peaceful life. This article endeavor to introduce the Sufism growth and development in different regions so that a significant and plausible path can be drawn as a Sufi Road. In addition, the legacy of Sufism has been activated by its cultural image in the areas in question, showing many similarities between different Sufi groups in various countries. The homogeny among the cultural components of Sufism in the geography of the region are a way for dialogue. As a result, one can experience cultural exchange in the form of coexistence and tolerance.

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A STUDY ON THE ORIGIN OF CHEOYONG: THE ANCIENT CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN CENTRAL ASIA AND KOREA

10.37547/ocl-01-18 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Choi So Young ◽

Keyword(s):

Central Asia ◽

Cultural Exchange ◽

Folk Art ◽

The Political ◽

Political Turmoil

In 879 (or 875), Cheoyong, who appeared with several people wearing unfamiliar appearance and strange clothes, performed singing and dancing in front of the king of Silla. After that, he moved to the capital with the king, and it is believed that he performed there. According to the legend, Cheoyong, who came in late at night after performing, found that the god of smallpox was with his wife, sang and danced without anger. The god, who saw Cheoyong's behavior, said he would not invade the place where his image was painted, so his portrait later served as an amulet to prevent disease and ghosts. After that, Cheoyong has left somewhere and his dances and songs remained as Cheoyongmu(dance of Cheoyong) and Cheoyongga(song of Cheoyoung), settling down as a Korean folk art. Cheoyong is seen as a sogd performer who escaped from the political turmoil in China when looking at his appearance, his profession, and the situation at the time, which was not familiar to Koreans.

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Notes on the Dialogue

Worldview ◽

10.1017/s0084255900005891 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 4-8

Author(s):

Thomas Molnar

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Peaceful Coexistence ◽

Political Arena ◽

Christian Churches ◽

Religious Dialogue ◽

The Sixties ◽

The Right ◽

Political Term

The French saying, Pas d'ennemi à gauche, can be paraphrased today: No dialogue with the right. For indeed, the “dialogue,” the most popular term of the sixties, is a companion-word of peaceful coexistence with communism and of apertura a sinistra, even of ecumenism whose noble objectives have been corrupted by the scramble of many, so-called ecumenists for the atheist's smile.Primarily, then, “dialogue” is a political term, masking a strategy designed to appease and validate the ideological Left. Since this Left has its representatives within die Christian churches as well as in the political arena, it is hard to separate church matters from more generally political matters in discussing the dialogue. To a large extent, indeed, they overlap, as is shown by the identity of expressions that advocates of political or religious dialogue use in their parallel approach to the problem.

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Central Asia in Russian Foreign Policy: Losses and Opportunities

10.21638/11701/26868318.31 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 465-483

Author(s):

Elena G. Ponomareva ◽

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Georgij A. Rudov ◽

Keyword(s):

Central Asia ◽

Political Development ◽

Soft Power ◽

The Political ◽

The Balkans ◽

Central Asian ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Central Asia Region

The Central Asia region is a complex geopolitical tangle of contradictions and an ethno-religious knot, comparable in the degree of influence of national and religious feelings on the political development of the world system with the Balkans and the Caucasus. For Russia, this is a zone of special interests, including in connection with the residence of a large Russian-speaking population in the Central Asian states. However, while strengthening its position in the world, Russia is losing its status in the Central Asian region. In order to return or strengthen the role of a leader in these countries, new approaches, formats of interaction are needed, and, above all, in the social and humanitarian spheres. The article examines four groups of problems: the reasons for the world-political importance of the countries of the region, the determining importance of such development factors as the economy, resources of soft power and religion.

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The Political Arena (1934–1961)

10.1016/s1876-0503(08)x7010-0 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Political Arena

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Psychologists in the political arena: Spectators or gladiators?

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e387722004-005 ◽

1979 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Love ◽

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Political Arena

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Female Representation in Colombia

10.1093/oso/9780190851224.003.0013 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Mónica Pachón ◽

Santiago E. Lacouture

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Political Context ◽

The Political ◽

Political Rights ◽

Female Representation ◽

Political Arena ◽

Substantive Representation ◽

Representation Of Women ◽

Electoral Democracy ◽

Almost All

Mónica Pachón and Santiago E. Lacouture examine the case of Colombia and show that women’s representation has been low and remains low in most arenas of representation and across national and subnational levels of government. The authors identify institutions and the highly personalized Colombian political context as the primary reasons for this. Despite the fact that Colombia was an electoral democracy through almost all of the twentieth century, it was one of the last countries in the region to grant women political rights. Still, even given women’s small numbers, they do bring women’s issues to the political arena. Pachón and Lacoutre show that women are more likely to sponsor bills on women-focused topics, which may ultimately lead to greater substantive representation of women in Colombia.

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Conclusions

10.1093/oso/9780198735854.003.0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Piero Ignazi

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Present Condition ◽

The Political ◽

Democratic Institutions ◽

Political Systems ◽

Political Arena ◽

Dead End ◽

Democratic System

The Conclusion addresses the parties’ present condition in the European political systems. Indeed, at the dawn of the new century parties have become Leviathan with clay feet: powerful in the political arena thanks to control of state resources, but very weak in terms of legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. Only by abandoning the citadelle in which they are entrenched, recasting societal linkages, relinquishing all their privileges, and dismissing their self-referential attitude might they recover the confidence of the electorate. Maintaining a state-centred status will only lead to a dead end, and this will also harm the democratic system itself. The collapse of parties’ legitimacy inevitably affects democratic institutions: the mounting populist and plebiscitary wave suggests how pervasive is the crisis and how dramatic the challenge.

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Bruno Leoni’s Concept of Law and Representation in The Cyber Age: A Cybernetic Model

Open Political Science ◽

10.1515/openps-2020-0005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 56-65

Author(s):

Mario De Benedetti

Keyword(s):

Political Theory ◽

Social Order ◽

Information Society ◽

The Political ◽

Digital Information ◽

Political Arena ◽

Cybernetic Model ◽

Norbert Wiener ◽

Law And Politics ◽

Concept Of Law

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to contextualize Bruno Leoni’s political theory within the Digital Information Society, a new dimension of public participation in the political arena and a sign of the democratic transition through new forms of involvement by public opinion. In particular, the evolution of the Information Society will be briefly examined starting from the studies of Fritz Machlup, considered its progenitor, to pass to the examination of the Leonian concept of law and politics in the technological society, with reference to Norbert Wiener and Karl Deutsch’s cybernetic theory. This paper will attempt to describe the evolutive process of political participation in democratic society by reinterpreting the thought of Bruno Leoni concerning Democracy, the State and the homo telematicus in the digital social order.

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