Loyalty, dissent, and betrayal : modern Lithuania and East-Central European moral imagination
Nationalism Lithuania Political Science HISTORY Ethik Nationalsozialismus sähkökirjat Political science
Rodopi
2005
EISBN 9781423789093
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Lithuanian Philosophy in the Twentieth Century; TWO. The Second Voice of Lithuanian Politics and Culture: Sketches for Three Moral Biographies; THREE. Vytautas Kavolis: Toward a Polylogue of Civilizations; FOUR. Shtromas vs. Venclova: Loyalty, Dissent, and Betrayal in the Liberal-Nationalistic Moral Imagination; FIVE. Juozas Girnius: Loyalty, Dissent, and Betrayal in the Conservative-Nationalistic Moral Imagination; SIX. Imagology, Populism, and Treason; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Loyalty and betrayal are among key concepts of the ethic of nationalism. Marriage of state and culture, which seems the essence of the congruence between political power structure and collective identity, usually offers a simple explanation of loyalty and dissent. Loyalty is seen as once-and-for-all commitment of the individual to his or her nation, whereas betrayal is identified as a failure to commit him or herself to a common cause or as a diversion from the object of political loyalty and cultural/linguistic fidelity. For conservative or radical nationalists, even social and cultural criti.
Loyalty and betrayal are among key concepts of the ethic of nationalism. Marriage of state and culture, which seems the essence of the congruence between political power structure and collective identity, usually offers a simple explanation of loyalty and dissent. Loyalty is seen as once-and-for-all commitment of the individual to his or her nation, whereas betrayal is identified as a failure to commit him or herself to a common cause or as a diversion from the object of political loyalty and cultural/linguistic fidelity. For conservative or radical nationalists, even social and cultural criti.
