The Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity:
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Main Author: Buss, Andreas E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2003
Series:Studies in the history of religions 100
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-218) and index
Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Traditional Societies and Modernity-Approaches to the Study of Foreign Cultures; PART ONE: BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVES; PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC ETHICS OF RUSSIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY; PART THREE: THE PLACE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION AND IN THE WEST; Epilogue: Trials and Errors Since the October Revolution; Appendix: The Concept of Adequate Causation in Comparative Cultural Studies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Names
This work aims to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition and to contrast it with two of the characteristics of modern Western society - its particular economic ethics and individualism. Max Weber and Louis Dumont provide the theoretical framework
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 222 p.)
ISBN:1423714121
9004133240
9047402723
9781423714125
9789004133242
9789047402725

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