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This paper deals with the mutual relationship between the process of
modernisation and traditional religion (Christianity) in the context of European
thinking at the turn of the 19th century, as well as in the first half of the 20th century.
It analyses and synthetises the knowledge of Czech and Slovak literary scholarship
concerning the literary and cultural activity of Catholic intellectuals and artists. The
following comparison points out different methodological approaches and terminological
concepts of Czech and Slovak literary history.
The diverse cultural activity of Catholics (Catholic modernism, modern
Catholic literature summarily referred to as Catholic aestheticism) in the environment
of the first Czechoslovak republic (1918 – 1939) is understood as one of the
first reactions to the process of the secularisation of society. In conjunction with the
reactions of the Catholic Church against secularisation and modernisation at the
level of high hierarchy (Papal encyclicals), they offer case materials for validating
the secularisation and transformation theories which developed within the sociology
of religion. The research has proved that the secularisation theory, which is based
on the thesis of the incompatibility of religion and modern society, cannot be considered
the absolute and sole paradigm of their relationship. Modernisation of
society at the turn of the 19th century had an activating impact on Catholics, which
supports the assertion of the transformation theory according to which religion will
not be excluded from modern society, only the displays of religion of the modern
man will change. The interdisciplinary and interliterary approach I used in my work
enabled me to explain the complex cultural processes and their consequences,
which are also characteristic of contemporary culture in the Central and Eastern
European environment.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISSN: 2299-9922
eISSN: 2391-9418
Titel-ID: cdi_ceeol_journals_285799
Format
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Weiterführende Literatur
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