Full Description
Europe is the community of nations which, in the favorable conditions of a small yet extremely diversified continent, took over and developed the legacy of Greco-Roman civilization transformed and enriched by Christianity. Philosophy, theology, liturgy, religion, national culture and tradition are still manifestations of this heritage. Europe is not merely a region or geographical location. It is an idea that expresses cultural and social ideals. The nature of Europeanness is not defined by race or place but by freedom and culture in the broad sense. Latin Europe created a sphere of civilization. Though ridden by contrasts and differences, not merely an organic unity was established but also a unity of a spiritual kind by accentuating and merging of values all Europeans have in common. This was also made possible by Christianity whose ethos came to pervade a multiplicity of socio-cultural phenomena.
Contents
Inhalt: Jacek Grzybowski: Europe - freedom, culture, rationality - an everlasting challenge - Jan Sochoń: On the indefeasible relationship between philosophy and culture - Jacek Grzybowski: Astonishment, anger, community - the sources of European political philosophy - Sławomir Szczyrba: A subjective interpretation of religious experience in the proposal of Martin Buber - Joanna Skurzak: The liturgy as a source of modern culture. The philosophical proposal of Jean-Yves Lacoste - Maciej Bała: Comte-Sponville's spirituality without God. A new foundation of modern culture? - Jan Sochoń: Faith or spirituality? New challenges of postmodernity - Jarosław Babiński: Ralf Konersmann's Conception of the Philosophy of Culture - Maciej Bała: Theodicy in Modern Culture. The Proposal of Paul Ricœr.
