Is there a sacred place in the modern archive and can archival science study it? The legacy of secularism in archival science and post-secularism Cover Image

Czy w nowoczesnym archiwum jest sacrum i czy archiwistyka może je badać? Dziedzictwo sekularyzmu w archiwistyce i postsekularyzm
Is there a sacred place in the modern archive and can archival science study it? The legacy of secularism in archival science and post-secularism

Author(s): Wojciech Piasek
Subject(s): Archiving, Religion and science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: archival science; archives; modernity; postsecularism; the sacred; secularism;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the problem of the presence of the sacred in archives and its place in archival science. A postsecular perspective allows to take a critical look at the roots of the archive and archival science in the context of the process of secularization in cultures associated with modernity. The consequence of this perspective is the recognition of the existence of the sacred in various versions in the archive and the opening of a path of reflection on it in archival science. This does not mean a return to religion in the field of archives and archival science and replacing the current archival practice with one that will be the result of archival reflection as secular theology. Archival sciences can draw on non-scientistic anthropological theories of culture, distancing themselves from the issue of the status of the sacred. A critical reflection on secularism in the context of archives and archival studies opens up many other possibilities for archival scholars to explore the sacred in the archive.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 199-208
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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