Philosophy of Parochialism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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The Philosophy of Parochialism is Radomir Konstantinović’s (1928–2011) most celebrated and reviled book. First published in Belgrade as Filosofija palanke in 1969, it attracted keen attention and controversy through its unsparing critique of Serbian and any other nationalism in Yugoslavia and beyond. The book was prophetic, seeming to anticipate not only the bloody disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, but also the totalitarian turn in politics across the globe in the first decades of the new century. With this translation, English-speaking audiences can at last discover one of the most original writers of eastern European late modernism, and gain an important and original perspective into contemporary politics and culture in the West and beyond. This is a book that seems to age in reverse, as its meanings become deeper and more universal with the passage of time.Konstantinović’sbookresists easy classification, mixing classical, Montaigne-like essay, prose poetry, novel, and literary history. The word “philosophy” in the book’s title refers to the solitary activity of reflection and critical thinking, and is also paradoxical: according to the author, a defining characteristic of parochialism is precisely its intolerance toward this kind of self-reflexivity. In Konstantinović’s analysis, parochialism is not a simply a characteristic of a geographical region or a cultural, political, and historical formation—these are all just manifestations of the parochial spirit as the spirit of insularity. His book illuminates the current moment, in which insularity undergirds not only ethnic and national divisions, but also dictates the very structure of everyday life, and where individuals can easily find themselves locked in an echo chamber of social media. The Philosophy of Parochialism can help us understand better not only the dead ends of ethnic nationalism and other atavistic ideologies, but also of those cultural forces such as digital technologies that have been built on the promise of overcoming those ideologies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-07
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:366
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
Medarbetare:Branislav Jakovljevic
ISBN:9780472132720
Översättare:Ljiljana Nikolic

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Radomir Konstantinović (1928–2011) was a Serbian poet and novelist.

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It is hard to exaggerate the importance of this book in the intellectual life of Serbia and Yugoslavia, and even to the intellectual history of the Balkans and modern Europe in general. The translation by Nikoliƒá and Jakovljeviƒá is excellent.

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Branislav Jakovljević: The Drone of Dialectics: On Parochialism and Deprovincialization The Philosophy of Parochialism by Radomir KonstantinovićIn Lieu of an Introduction: Style, the Highest Principle of ParochialismThe Ideal of Pure PovertyThe Spirit of Parochialism as the Spirit of a Tribe in AgonyProvince, the Theater of NormativityAbsence of Tragedy: Sentimentalism and SarcasmPamphletism against TragedyHappiness from Unhappiness as the Primordial Cause of DeterminismAtheism as the Principle of PublicnessDeath and the Philosophy of ParochialismIndividualism as the Function of the Parochial SpiritLasting Infantilism of the Parochial Spirit1. Ingenious Madness2. The End of the World3. Infantile-Romantic Mythology of Glorious Destruction4. Psychology, Theater of the “Youth”Realism as Tribal Sacrifice to Deified RealityBanality – The First Principle of NothingnessSensationalism – The Second Principle of NothingnessNihilism of The Dark CountryNihilism of the Parochial Philosophy and Language1. Nihilism of the “Total” World2. Nihilism of the Status Quo3. Realistic Nihilism4. Aristocratic Nihilism5. Erotic NihilismDisappointment in the AnimalAutumnal Nocturno and the “Worldly Malice” of the Parochial SpiritExistence as Meaningless WorkLaziness as the Work of the Closed Parochial WorldNaïveté of the Parochial Spirit’s Non-NaïvetéTraditionalism as bad Conscience of a Non-Myth-Building ConsciousnessPolitical County Fair Staged by BoredomIn Lieu of a Conclusion: No End to an EndNotesI. The Ideal of Organic CultureII. Cyril the PhilosopherIII. Les charmes de l’horreur and the Parochial SpiritIV. From God towards KinV. Entropy of Earth as the Entropy of the Final ResponseVI. Existence as “Starry Acting”VII. Experience of Poet NastasijevićVIII. Sincerity in the Service of Hatred Towards the GeniusIX. Biological Irrationalism – The Future of the Cult of FormX. “Dead Sweetheart” of the Parochial Spirit and PornographyXI. Poet Vladislav Petković “Dis”XII. Spirit-Nation against the SpiritXIII. Serbian NazismEvil as Rejection of the Evil of ContradictionThe Poetics of Serbian NazismSerbian Nazism and Language1. Totalitarianism and Language Reform2. Attitude of Serbian Nazism towards Language______________________________________________________Editor's NotesWorks Cited

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