ISBN:
9789633861585
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 372 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Berglund, Bruce R. Castle and cathedral in modern Prague
DDC:
306.0943712
Keywords:
Sacred space ; Czech Republic ; Prague ; History ; 20th century
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Electronic books
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Prag
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Architektur
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Politik
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Kultur
Abstract:
This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by addressing religion as an integral part of the city's cultural history. Berglund views Prague's cultural history in the broader context of religious change and secularization in 20th-century Europe. Based on detailed knowledge of sources, the monograph explores the interdisciplinary linkages between politics, architecture and theology in the building of symbolism and a "new mythology" of the first Czechoslovak republic (1918-1938). Berglund´s text provides an important service for understanding both Czech history as well as current Czech political debate. The author's method can be characterized as culture history, able to connect several disciplines, emphasizing common topic (religion, politics, symbolics). Modern Czech elites, superficially characterized as "ateistic", appears in a new light to be deeply religious, a transition from more traditional, (mostly) Catholic religiosity, to a concept of a new, modern, ethical religion. The study incorporates biographical research, focusing on three principal characters: Tomás Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president; his daughter Alice Garrigue Masaryková, founding director of the Czechoslovak Red Cross; and Joze Plecnik, the Slovenian architect who directed the renovations of Prague Castle
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Three Portraits of the Modern Believer -- Chapter One The Philosopher in Search of Truth -- Imagining a New Religion -- The Spiritual Pastor -- Care for the Soul of the Nation -- "She Formed Me" -- Chapter Two The Architect Creating for the Ages -- Finding a Path in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna -- Caught between Prague, Vienna, and Ljubljana -- The Professor as Spiritual Mentor -- Cubists and Monument Builders -- Chapter Three The Social Worker Longing to Serve -- Discovering Faith and Vocation -- Looking to America -- From Jan Hus to Clean Underwear -- Building Her House on the Rocks -- Part Two Czechoslovakia under the Perspective of Eternity -- Chapter Four The House of Masaryk and the Moral Republic -- The Philosopher as President -- The House of Masaryk and Managed Democracy -- The President's Conscience -- A Fortress of the Mighty God -- Chapter Five The Moral Republic and Its Discontents -- Dissonant Voices in the Castle -- Catholic Intellectuals and the "Culture War" -- Masaryk's Message Is Our Message -- Mysterious Stones at the Castle -- Chapter Six Building Cathedrals in Modern Prague -- Religious Institutions and Masaryk's Civil Religion -- Faith, Truth, and the Culture of the Republic -- The Blasphemies of Jaroslav Durych -- A Cathedral for the Modern Nation -- Chapter Seven The War of the Absolute -- Convictions of the President-Liberator -- Reigniting the Culture War -- T. G. Masaryk-Mortal and Immortal -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover
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