European Natural Knowledge and “Faustian” Identity: Continental Conservative Views

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10.2991/978-2-494069-43-5_18How to use a DOI?

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Anthropology; European identity; Conservatism; Nature; Tradition; Ecology

Abstract

The article offers an analysis of the conservative views on nature proposed by the thinkers of continental Europe in the 20th - early 21st centuries, and the connection between the understanding of nature and the complex worldviews of modernity, as well as Christian and pre-Christian European traditions. Particular attention is paid to the thoughts of O. Spengler, M. Eliade, E. Jünger and A. de Benoist. The author also relies on a number of studies on the conservative thought of the 20th century, primarily on the works of A. Mohler, S.V. Artamoshin and A.M. Rutkevich. The novelty of this study is justified by the fact that most of the works devoted to conservative thinkers analyzed in the article are focused mainly on the political aspect of their theories, while their views on the natural world and its understanding in the context of the identity problem are not given due attention. The author proceeds from the specific ecological subject-object consciousness of modern man and its analysis from a conservative point of view to an alternative attitude to nature shared by a number of conservative thinkers, which can be characterized by the idea of the organic inclusion of the human and social order in the natural order. He also points out its divergence from the traditional Christian approach. After that, the article focuses on the ideas by O. Spengler and his like-minded about the immanent connection between Western natural knowledge and the “Faustian” European identity. Our research follows the methods of discursive analysis, history of philosophy, philosophy of history, comparative, socio-philosophical and culture studies.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Philipp Tagirov
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/20
TI  - European Natural Knowledge and “Faustian” Identity: Continental Conservative Views
BT  - Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research)(ICCESSH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 148
EP  - 157
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-43-5_18
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-43-5_18
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