Introduction: Nordic ldeology, Religion and Scholarship
Introduction: Nordic Ideology, Religion and Scholarship Horst Junginger and Andreas Åkerlund 1. The Relevance of the Nordic Myth Although our modern understanding of the world seems to oppose timeworn stereotypes such as the “North” and proscribed ideologies such as Nordic or völkisch ones, the Nord...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag d. Wissenschaften
2013
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Nordic Ideology between Religion and Scholarship
Year: 2013, Pages: 1-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nordic movement
/ Folk religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Nordic Ideology, Religion and Scholarship Horst Junginger and Andreas Åkerlund 1. The Relevance of the Nordic Myth Although our modern understanding of the world seems to oppose timeworn stereotypes such as the “North” and proscribed ideologies such as Nordic or völkisch ones, the Nordic myth is perhaps only hibernating and may be reinvigorated if time and circumstances allow. In the current financial market crises, many and some- times tough accusations have been voiced against those lazy people in the southern parts of Europe who would squander the money of hard working people further to the north. If they continue with both their incapability and unwillingness to stick to Northern standards in terms of economy, labour and a less idle attitude toward life, the only appropriate answer would be to discipline them or possibly show them the door. And not far below Greece the black abyss lies in waiting to overrun Europe exploiting its social welfare system and the wreck of its prosperity. The ideological borderlines of European Nordicism have, quite obviously, shifted from eastern Communism and western Capitalism towards the south in ge- ographical as well as in political and religious concerns and are now primarily di- rected at the spread of Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. And again the question becomes pressing how Europe and the North may attain a defensible coherence by means of common ideas and values. Since identity formations generally function better by way of distinction, the fight against everything perceived as dangerous and... |
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| ISBN: | 3653033136 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Junginger, Horst, 1959 -, Nordic Ideology between Religion and Scholarship
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-35443 HDL: 10900/94059 |