Programska knjižica - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
Programska knjižica - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
Programska knjižica - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
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BUDUĆNOST EUROPE IZMEĐU EMPIRIJSKOG<br />
I SPEKULATIVNOG UNIVERZALIZMA<br />
Kao temeljno obilježje europskog identiteta najčešće se ističe njegov neisključiv<br />
karakter, koji se očituje u svakojako tolerantnoj, otvorenoj i sanjarskoj<br />
retorici proširenja. Izvor takvog misaonog horizonta jest pathos prosvjetiteljskog<br />
univerzalizma. Ipak, izgleda kao da je obveza univerzalizma, kako se u<br />
Europi razumije i izvodi, udarila o svoje granice. Što je teorijski već dugo bilo<br />
jasno, naime da se identitet ne može samo negativno odrediti kao odbacivanje<br />
esencijalizma i retorike otvorenosti, naglašava se u posljednje vrijeme kao neuspjeli<br />
projekt multikulturalizma. U ovom prilogu bit će predstavljen prijedlog<br />
kojim se univerzalizam treba razumjeti spekulativno umjesto empirijski. U odnosu<br />
prema unutra on implicira retoriku asimilacije pojma, u odnosu prema<br />
van reviziju politike proširenja.<br />
WILLIAM SWEET<br />
Department of Philosophy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada /<br />
Odsjek za filozofiju, Sveučilište St. Francis Xavier, Antagonish, NS, Kanada<br />
RELIGION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY:<br />
SOME MODELS FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPE<br />
One important characteristic of Southeast Europe is that it embraces a range<br />
of religious traditions: for example, Catholic (Western and Eastern rites) and<br />
Orthodox Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations. An important concern<br />
– one which Southeast Europe shares with much of the rest of Europe and the<br />
Americas – is that of the place of religion within the public sphere of democracies.<br />
In this paper, I review some of the history, and present some models of<br />
the relation of religion and democracy. I argue that while tensions and conflicts<br />
exist between religion and democracy, and are arguably inevitable, democratic<br />
principles and values can be consistent with religion. Democracies can learn<br />
from religion, and religions learn from democracy as well. This is not simply<br />
a matter of learning or developing values, but, more broadly, developing new<br />
ways of meaning, understanding, and living.<br />
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