SELF IDENTITY OR RETURNING TO SELF?<br />PARADOXES OF THE EUROPEAN IDEAL OF EDIFICATION
Mots-clés :
self, person, edification, cultural modelRésumé
If the ancient Greeks were the first to formulate the need for paideea as one means to cultivate the self, modernity brings bring the concept of bildung – edification – to the table. But the complexity of the European cultural model is probably best illustrated by the human edifying path described by Christianity, especially by its Eastern branch. In this case, edification is understood as kenosis, self-emptying – which must not be seen as the an anihilation of one’s personality but as an the experience of that which was called the returning to the self.Références
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