Different modernities, Humboldtian traditions, East European Christian orthodox intellectuals and their peasants

The connections between "the Humboldtian tradition" and very important cultural layers of the European anti-Enlightenment movement can provide a powerful alternative to the mainstream(s) in today's social sciences. This tradition should be seen, though, in its concrete historicity and...

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Published inJournal for the study of religions and ideologies Vol. 14; no. 40; p. 150
Main Author Cotoi, Calin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj The Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies (SACRI) 22.03.2015
SACRI The Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies
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Alternatives
Analysis
Cultural anthropology
Discipline
Ethnography
Intellectuals
Modernism
Orthodox Eastern Christians
Peasant culture
Religion
Religious aspects
Social sciences
Sociology
Tradition (Religion)
Traditions
United States
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Summary:The connections between "the Humboldtian tradition" and very important cultural layers of the European anti-Enlightenment movement can provide a powerful alternative to the mainstream(s) in today's social sciences. This tradition should be seen, though, in its concrete historicity and the political and theoretical blind spots which are part of this tradition ought to be carefully reconsidered. This anthropological tradition can be "unpacked" by bringing it closer to other theoretical trends which try to address modernity's inconsistencies and lack of unity (such as the one entailed by the thesis of the "different modernities")--in order to deconstruct its national closure and its administrative and state oriented background. one of the geographical, historical and social areas where alternative modernities (especially in their radical, "Christian Orthodox" guise), and Humboldtian traditions seem to intersect each other is the East European peasantry. Key Words: multiple modernities, Humboldtian tradition, alterity, Orthodoxy, peasants, reactionary modernism
ISSN:1583-0039
1583-0039