Europa als ein Haus der Unterschiede. Die Erneuerung der Idee der Regionalität nach 1989
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Aleksandra Kunce, Europa als ein Haus der Unterschiede. Die Erneuerung der Idee der Regionalität nach 1989. In Narrative des Wandels. Brill Vandehoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2022, S. 325-352..pdf (2.35 MB)
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2022
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Aleksandra Kunce: "Europe as a Home of Differences. Renewing the Idea of Localness after 1989". The text is an anthropological look at independent thinking, regional longings, and borderline experiences that manifested themselves with great force along with the transformations in Europe after 1989. Not only political and social changes are important here, but also cultural transformations of the way of thinking about autonomy, obligations towards the land, love to develop for home and place materially, socially, and spiritually. Separatism and regionalism are not merely political constructs. The aspirations for independence and the awakening of identity make us rediscover the conscious positioning of ourselves in Europe from the perspective of a philosophical and anthropological awakening. To properly diagnose this individuality, one should look at it through the prism of transcultural experiences of mobility, but also cultural longings of locating oneself. Processed ideas designated by the terms oikos, Heimat, campanilismo, locus are helpful here. They make it possible to renew the perception of the local. This perception is not recognized as what is familiar and small but is the idea of opening to the world from the perspective of the home – strong, independent, but also hospitable to others. Localness is a home that resembles a rough sea and provides a breath of freshness rather than a gesture of locking the door and fitting ‘musty’ display cases. Without the philosophy of the place, it is impossible to understand what is happening with Catalonia, Bavaria, Silesia, Tuscany, Lombardy, South Tyrol, Venice, Vojvodina and Corsica. It is impossible to understand what happened to a human being and the community longing after 1989. Keywords: Europe, home, differences, localness
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Aleksandra Kunce: Europa als ein Haus der Unterschiede. Die Erneuerung der Idee der Regionalität nach 1989. In: Narrative des Wandels. Transformationsprozesse nach 1989 in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Literaturen. Hrsg. Renata Dampc-Jarosz, Anna Kałuża. Brill / Vandehoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2022, S. 325-352.