THE BORDERLAND AND ITS CULTURAL SEPARATENES
THE BORDERLAND AND ITS CULTURAL SEPARATENES
Author(s): Andrzej ChodubskiSubject(s): Political Philosophy, Political history, Globalization
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Borderland; outskirts; center; culture; civilization
Summary/Abstract: In general reflection, the following can be stated: (1) Borderlands are the geographical and cultural reality that reveals itself along with the expanding of geographic horizons, also known as geographical discoveries; (2) In the process of evolutionary changes borderlines are considered in terms of stereotypes: economic backwardness, political conservatism, cultural remoteness; (3) Borderlands as border points of the state are a product of culture, which is shaped at the basis of cultural clashes, interactions and neighbourhood. Borderlands are creations of multiculturalism; (4) In the borderland areas unique personalities are created. These personalities are characterized by a high capacity to adapt to the new civilizational realities. They submit the spiritual values over the economic goods. They attach great importance to the traditional values of cultural life; (5) Borderlands often reveal specific civilizational hybrids. On borderlands opposing processes and phenomena are combined. The dichotomy of internal and external functioning is characteristic for the image of borderlands; the inside and outside concepts of particular borderland reality are both completely different.
Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
- Issue Year: 43/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 48-63
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English