Memorialising Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jan Margry
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Political Unification ◽  
European Form

In the economic and political unification process of Europe, the idea of the creation of a pan-European identity was put high on the political agenda. With the failure of this effort, the emphasis shifted to the apparently less fraught concept of 'shared cultural heritage'. This article analyses how the politically guided rediscovery of Europe's past has contributed to the creation of a 'Religion of Heritage', not only by raising up a political altar for cultural heritage, but also through the revitalisation, instrumentalisation and transformation of the Christian heritage, in order to try to memorialise and affirm a collective European identity based on its Christian past. In the context of this process, the network of European pilgrims' ways appears to have been an especially successful performative form of heritage creation, which has both dynamised Christian roots as a relevant trans-European form of civil religion that has taken shape, capitalising on the new religious and spiritual demands created by secularisation, and responded to the demand for shared - and Christian inspired - European values and meanings in times of uncertainty and crisis.

The European identity formation in Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
Larysa Kovryk-Tokar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values

Every nation is quite diverse in terms of his historical destiny, spiritual priorities, and cultural heritage. However, voluntary European integration, which is the final aim of political integration that began in the second half of the twentieth century from Western Europe, provided for an availability of large number of characteristics in common in political cultures of their societies. Therefore, Ukraine needs to find some common determinants that can create inextricable relationship between the European Community and Ukraine. Although Ukrainian culture is an intercultural weave of two East macrocivilizations, according to the author, Ukraine tends to Western-style society with its openness, democracy, tolerance, which constitute the basic values of Europeans. Keywords: Identity, collective identity, European values, European integration

scholarly journals The Reconstruction of the European Mind: T. S. Eliot’s Criterion and the Idea of Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Vanheste
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal ◽  
Jose Ortega Y Gasset ◽  
European Culture ◽  
European Tradition ◽  
Political Events ◽  
European Values

T. S. Eliot was the founder and editor of the Criterion, a literary and cultural review with a European focus that was published during the interwar period. The Criterion functioned as a platform for intellectuals with a shared perception of European culture and European identity. It was part of a network of European periodicals that facilitated an intellectual exchange between writers and thinkers with a common orientation. Examples of other reviews in the Criterion network were the Nouvelle Revue Française from France, La Fiera Letteraria and Il Convegno from Italy, the Revista de Occidente from Spain (edited by José Ortega y Gasset), and Die Neue Rundschau, the Europäische Revue, and the Neue deutsche Beiträge (edited by Hugo von Hofmannsthal) from Germany. In this article, I investigate the specific role the Criterion network of reviews and intellectuals played as an infrastructure for the dissemination of ideas about European culture during the interwar period. I also discuss the content of these ideas about the ‘European mind’. As to the latter, I suggest that Eliot positioned himself as well as his magazine in the European tradition of humanist thinking. Unfortunately, the Criterion’s ambition for a reconstruction of the European mind would dissipate as the European orientation of the 1920s was displaced by the political events of the 1930s. Eliot and his Criterion network expressed a Europeanism that has often been overlooked in recent research. The ideas discussed in this network remain interesting in our time, in which discussions about European values and European identity are topical. What is also highly interesting is the role cultural reviews played during the interwar period as a medium for exchanging such ideas.

Rome, Maastricht and Amsterdam

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna D. Tzanidaki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
The Political ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
Political Union ◽  
Member States

AbstarctThe proliferation of European Union law and policies and their impact on Member States appear to be issues very much connected with the future of the political union of Europe. Heritage management practice in Member States is also being affected by legal developments promoted by E.U. institutions. This article attempts to assess the E.U.'s growth of interest in cultural heritage matters as part of a broader political context, which involves issues ranging from economic development to ‘European’ identity. The successful cultural integration of Member States is being pursued by the E.U. on the basis of a common cultural heritage. Does the perceived legal necessity for uniformity in Member State's heritage management pose a danger to the differences and particularities that stem from the diverse pasts in the E.U.?

scholarly journals The Nation-State and the Origins of Secondary Education in Argentina: The Case of the Colegio Nacional (National School)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicitas Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Key Words ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Nation State ◽  
National School ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Political Unification

This article focuses on the origins of secondary education in Argentina. Inparticular, it explores the possible relations between the modelling of educationalinstitutions intended for the formation of political elites and the fabrication of thenation-state. In Argentina, the creation of free, compulsory elementary educationwas preceded by the development of secondary education through the setting up ofthe colegio nacional. These schools were formed during the political unification ofthe national territory after domestic post-independence wars. Note the name givento these institutions: national schools. How did the nation and the state appear inthe organization of national schools? The article explores this question analyzingschool curricula and rectors’ reports during the configuration of the colegio nacionalbetween 1863 and 1890.Key words: curricula; configuration; national; territory; secondary schools.

The Concept of European Values

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Sanja IVIC
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Greece ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
European Values ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Homogeneous Culture ◽  
Rules Of The Game

This inquiry investigates the concept of European values and cultural, philosophical, legal and political presuppositions on which the idea of European values is based. There are two approaches to the idea of European values. The first one is substantive approach (and includes philosophical, ethical, religious and ideological understanding of values). The substantive approach defines European values as based on the European heritage (ancient Greece and Rome, Christianity, Renaissance and humanism, Enlightenment and liberal traditions). This conception of European values is fixed. Another understanding of European values is represented by legal/political approach (that includes the definition of European values within European treatises, declarations, charters and other documents). Legal and political definition of European values includes: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Most authors consider that only from this second level, from legal and political definition, general features of European values can be achieved, that is, universal rules of the game. This paper shows how these two different approaches can be integrated, relying on John Rawls’s idea of overlapping consensus. It should be emphasized that the question of European values and European identity is still a topic of debate. There are different definitions and interpretations of these concepts, regardless of the legal definitions within the framework of European declarations and treaties. European identity (based on European values) is a polyphonic category, which cannot be founded on monolithic definitions. Otherwise, the entire continent would fall under the rule of one homogeneous culture.

Sustainable Digitization of Cultural Heritage Through CSR

2018 ◽  
pp. 120-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Esposito ◽  
Paolo Ricci
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
New Form ◽  
Recurrent Theme

The enhancement of artistic and cultural heritage has been a recurrent theme in the scientific and cultural debate. It has also been in the political agenda of many countries over the past few decades. This chapter aims at highlighting the complex relationship existing between digitization aimed at improving the management and enjoyment of museums' cultural heritage. In essence, the research question (RQ) is as follows: Is the digitization of museums only an economic activity or is it rather a new form through which social responsibility can materialize? Keywords: CSR, Virtual, musealization, digital, Heritage, accountability

scholarly journals Rediscovering the Greeks

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-204
Author(s):  
Milena Joksimović
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Literature Culture ◽  
The Impact

The article explores the impact of Byzantines on Istrian Humanism and Renaissance. In the introduction author describes the alienation of the territories which used to be Eastern and Western part of the Roman Empire and, congruently, the fate of the classical (particularly Greek) heritage in the Dark and Middle Ages in those territories. This is followed by a description of the historical events that led to rapprochement of the East and West, with particular emphasis on the Byzantine exodus to Italy. The author then provides a methodological framework by analyzing the main aspects of „rediscovering” Greek cultural heritage and the influence of the Byzantine immigrants on them. The author than turns to Istria, providing, first, a short summary of Istrian contacts with the Greek cultural heritage throughout history and then the settlement of the Byzantines in Istria. The main part of the article follows, containing a detailed analysis of the described elements of „rediscovering” Greek cultural heritage – interest in Greek language, literature, culture and philosophy (particularly Neoplatonism), in translations, the editing and publishing of Greek classics, as well as in the presence of the idea of a common European identity based on a common ancient heritage, and the voices advocating for the formation of a united Christian European front against the Ottomans.

scholarly journals Are Universities Better Off Without Rankings?

2021 ◽  
pp. 301-308
Author(s):  
Jamil Salmi
Keyword(s):  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Academic Ranking ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
The University

AbstractThe advent of international rankings almost twenty years ago—pioneered by the first Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003— changed the university landscape in an irreversible way. Today, the creation of world-class universities has become part of the political agenda in many countries.

scholarly journals (DE)CONSTRUCTING THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF CONTROL OVER PESTICIDES IN BRAZIL

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-230
Author(s):  
CAROLINE DA ROCHA FRANCO ◽  
VICTOR PELAEZ
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Environmental Movements ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

Summary This article provides a history of the creation of Brazil's federal law governing pesticide production, commerce and use. It begins with initiatives by environmental movements that led States to adopt pesticide control laws, thus helping put the issue on the federal agenda. It discusses major innovations and limitations to the law's enforcement and identifies the main attempts to deconstruct it, through bills aimed at suppressing the powers of public authorities to reduce adverse effects of pesticides on human health and the environment.

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