9 research outputs found

    Le vieil homme et le livre

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    En dĂ©pit de critiques rĂ©centes, l’anthropologie n’a pas encore admis que ses conceptions de la transmission culturelle sont dominĂ©es par des ontologies temporelles, par le « continuisme » qui domine notre discipline. Cet article montre que les ethnographies de la transmission culturelle devraient systĂ©matiquement prendre en compte sa temporalitĂ© et son historicitĂ©. J’y explique comment les vieux-croyants (une branche schismatique de l’orthodoxie russe) cultivent un millĂ©narisme quotidien oĂč se mĂȘlent des temporalitĂ©s distinctes. Issus d’une tradition orthodoxe qui met en valeur sa propre continuitĂ©, les vieux-croyants ont appris Ă  percevoir concrĂštement la finitude de ce monde et l’imminence de l’Apocalypse. RĂ©agissant aux circonstances historiques, ils ont adoptĂ© une conception kĂ©notique de la vie chrĂ©tienne, que l’on retrouve dans les modalitĂ©s particuliĂšres de la transmission religieuse.The Old Man and the Book. Old Believers’ crisis of transmission (Romania) In spite of recent critique, anthropology has yet to acknowledge the temporal ontologies that mark its conceptions of cultural transmission, the “continuity thinking” that dominates anthropological investigations. Arguing that any ethnography of cultural transmission should engage systematically with issues of temporality and historicity, I show in this paper how Old Believers, a schismatic Russian Orthodox movement, cultivates an everyday millenarianism informed by distinct temporalities. Stemming from an Orthodox tradition which affirms continuity, Old Believers developed a concrete perception of the finitude of this world and awareness of the apocalyptic moment. In response to historical circumstances they embraced a kenotic conception of Christian life which is embedded in particular modalities of religious transmission

    Through the looking glass: Imaginations of Europe in Ukrainian studies

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    http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=2532

    A new ‘Great Schism'? Theopolitics of communion and canonical territory in the Orthodox Church

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    This article examines the recent ‘schism’ in Eastern Orthodoxy to show how religion and politics are strongly intertwined in disputes over territory and sovereignty. It argues that two logics are at play in this conflict: one grounded in the theological-political concept of ‘canonical territory’, the other in the notion of ‘communion’ at the basis of the Christian fellowship. The first is deployed in claims for national sovereignty as well as imperial domination, while the latter can make or break communities of faith. Drawing a parallel between the post-socialist revival of religion in Ukraine and the current mobilization on the ground, it shows how these contradictory logics shape the fate of people, churches and states.Published versio

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    Que ce soit en Europe ou dans des sociĂ©tĂ©s plus lointaines, les discours « de crise » sur la disparition des sociĂ©tĂ©s, des valeurs, des identitĂ©s, des racines ou des langues abondent aujourd’hui, poussant les ethnologues Ă  dĂ©velopper leurs analyses de la notion de transmission et d’apprentissage (qu’il s’agisse de pratiques, de reprĂ©sentations ou d’émotions). Et, ce faisant, Ă  penser les mĂ©canismes complexes qui lient les individus et rendent possible la perpĂ©tuation du culturel
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