The Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity / / by Andreas Buss.

• Superior document: Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, v. 100
• Author: Buss, Andreas E.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 100.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The book attempts to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition and to contrast it with two of the characteristics of modern Western society: its particular economic ethics and individualism. Max Weber and Louis Dumont provide the theoretical framework. The first part of the analysis is concerned with the economic ethics among Orthodox Russians, Old Believers and the adherents of various sects in the historical context of Russian society. The second part centres on the place and the kind of individualism in the Orthodox tradition since its beginnings in early monasticism and up to the twentieth century. The comparative perspective does not only shed new light on Russia but also on the development of Western individualism and on the Janus-like features of a traditional culture exposed to modernization.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Andreas E. Buss -- Max Weber and Leo Tolstoy on Science and Culture / Andreas E. Buss -- The Patrimonial State and the Spirit of Orthodoxy / Andreas E. Buss -- Russian Old Believers and Sects / Andreas E. Buss -- Pariah-Ethics and the Russian-Orthodox Tradition / Andreas E. Buss -- The Place of Individualism in the Eastern-Orthodox Tradition and in the West / Andreas E. Buss -- The Occident’s Separation from the Orient,its Unique Path of Development / Andreas E. Buss -- Orthodox Russia’s Acculturation to Modernity / Andreas E. Buss -- Trials and Errors Since the October Revolution / Andreas E. Buss -- The Concept of Adequate Causation in Comparative Cultural Studies / Andreas E. Buss -- Glossary / Andreas E. Buss -- Bibliography / Andreas E. Buss -- Index of Names / Andreas E. Buss -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Andreas E. Buss.