Castle and cathedral in modern Prague : longing for the sacred in a skeptical age
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Castle and cathedral in modern Prague : longing for the sacred in a skeptical age
Central European University Press, 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-359) and index
内容説明・目次
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Prague in the early twentieth century was the city of cubists, surrealists, and the Good Soldier Svejk. This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by identifying religion as an integral part of the city's cultural history. As Prague emerged as a modern city and the Czech nation gained independence, Catholics, Protestants, and those who imagined a non-sectarian religion debated questions of faith and morality. Contrary to the conventional view of modern Czech elites as "atheistic," Berglund shows how they were deeply concerned with the place of religion in modern life. Based upon a wide array of sources, the monograph explores the linkages between politics, theology, and architecture in the building of new symbols and a civil religion for the first Czechoslovak republic (1918-1938). Berglund views the contest of the sacred and secular in Prague within the broader context of religious change in twentieth-century Europe. His book lays a foundation for understanding both Czech culture of the interwar period as well as the nation's - and Europe's - religious history in the modern age.
The author takes an approach that is both interdisciplinary and biographical by focusing on important figures in the politics and culture of interwar Prague, including Tomas Masaryk, the philosopher who became Czechoslovakia's first president; his daughter Alice, founding director of the Czechoslovak Red Cross; and Joze Plecnik, the Slovenian architect who directed the renovations of Prague Castle and designed one of the city's most renowned churches. This study of the beliefs and doubts held by these and other figures shows the transition from a (mostly) Catholic tradition to a new religious conception that was modern, humanistic, and detached from any institution - much like the religious beliefs held by many Europeans today.
目次
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-Siecle 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
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