J.F. Cooper, East European and African‐American Intellectuals: Relativising Cultural Relativism
| Autor: | Virgil Nemoianu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Literary Studies. 11:14-42 |
| ISSN: | 1753-5387 0256-4718 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02564719508530112 |
| Popis: | Summary The bulk of the article examines three cases of literary, intellectual, and cultural debate: the inter‐racial implications of the “Leatherstocking” pentalogy (1823–1841) of J. Fenimore Cooper, the discussion inside the community of African‐American intellectuals (late 19th to late 20th century) as to the best positioning of their ethnic community inside the surrounding ethno‐cultural majority, and the debates (primarily on finding a “third way”, a kind of mediation) of a small Eastern European society regarding its rapport to the dynamically evolving West. These three examples (deliberately chosen so as to be totally different from one another in their sources and shapes) have much in common. They indicate that the differences between cultures and races are not absolute, but rather relative. They show convincingly that there are common human reactions to the process of “modernization” (rationalism, alienation, industrial urbanization, break‐up of traditional bonds of kinship and community, etc.). ... |
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