Consideraciones en torno a las tres colinas que conformaron la identidad cultural de Europa = Considerations about the three hills that shaped Europe ́s cultural identity
More than two decades ago, Pope Benedict XVI warned of the internal crisis that Europe was going through and offered a hopeful solution: for Europe to survive, it had to accept itself, for the Supreme Pontiff understood that multiculturalism called upon us to re-enter into ourselves so as not to per...
| Subtitles: | Considerations about the three hills that shaped Europe ́s cultural identity |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
2023
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Vergentis
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Pages: 19-41 |
| Further subjects: | B
Identity of Europe
B Identidad de Europa B orígenes de Europa B cultura europea B European cultur B origins of Europe |
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| Summary: | More than two decades ago, Pope Benedict XVI warned of the internal crisis that Europe was going through and offered a hopeful solution: for Europe to survive, it had to accept itself, for the Supreme Pontiff understood that multiculturalism called upon us to re-enter into ourselves so as not to perish. His visionary words seem to have taken on renewed relevance. The Europe referred to here is that understood as a cultural reality, as the civilization that has given rise to a way of life known as "Western" and which has transcended the other continents to varying degrees. The present work is a modest attempt to contribute to fulfill the fortunate suggestion of Benedict XVI through a synthetic review of the four most decisive factors of cohesion in the original shaping of Europe's identity: Greek philosophy, Roman law, Christianity and the Germanic factor. The purpose of this journey is to review the identity that Europe seems to want to forget, but whose knowledge may be vital for its survival. El Papa Benedicto XVI alertaba hace más dedos décadas de la crisis interna por la que pasaba Europay ofrecía una esperanzadora solución: para que Europa sobreviviera debía aceptarse a sí misma pues entendía el Sumo Pontífice que la multiculturalidad nos interpelaba a entrar de nuevo en nosotros mismospara no perecer. Sus visionarias palabras parecen haber cobrado renovada vigencia. La Europa aque se hace referencia aquí es aquella entendida como una realidad cultural, como la civilización que ha dado origen a una forma de vida que se conoce como “occidental” y que ha trascendido a los restantes continentes en distinto grado. El presente trabajo es un modesto intento de contribuir a cumplir la afortunada sugerencia de Benedicto XVIa través deuna sintética revisión en torno aloscuatrofactores de cohesión más determinantes en la conformación originaria de la identidad de Europa: la filosofía griega, el Derecho romano, el cristianismoy el factor germano. Dicho recorrido tiene por propósitorevisar la identidad de la que parece Europa querer olvidarse y que, sin embargo, su conocimiento puede resultarvital para su supervivencia. |
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