Wounded Words in a Wounded World
Opportunities for Mission in Central and Eastern Europe Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11296268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | András Máté-Tóth (0000-0002-2709-1411, Professor, Religious Studies, University of Szeged Szeged Hungary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 354-373 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mission Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733831-12341736 |
| OpenAlex | W3113630234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
The goal of this paper is both descriptive and prescriptive. The European sub-region called Central and Eastern Europe is understood and analyzed mostly through social scientific theories and models which have a Western European or North American origin. The region is often observed from the outside, and many interpretations of regional transformation are based on codes and categories of these external perspectives, which I will call heteropoiesis. I try to argue for an autopoietic approach from the opposite direction: from the inside. In my approach, I focus, first of all, on the historical and contemporary social experiences of the societies of the region. After authoring many theoretical and analytical works on it, I have come to believe that the key characteristic of the region is its wounded collective identity . The main narrative in the region is backward-looking and nostalgic, and also characterized by feelings of victimhood and revenge. Nationalism and xenophobia in the region are consequences of this traumatized self-understanding. To understand Central and Eastern Europe one must understand the wounds of history and the role of the trauma-centered narratives of today
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Feeling · Focus (optics · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Xenophobia · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
The broken covenant
The heretical imperative
Die Wirtschaft der Gesellschaft als autopoietisches System
Europa
Free the Victim
Witness, Worship and Presence
Trends and Challenges in Mission and Missiology in "Post-Communist" Europe
Religious Identity and the Gospel of Reconciliation A Central European View
Politics and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Open Your Mouth to Receive The Host of the Wounded Word
Colonial Aphasia
Language, religion and ethno-national identity
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |