THE OATH BETWEEN TWO WORLDS IN THE ALBANIAN BALLAD OF RESURRECTION
THE OATH BETWEEN TWO WORLDS IN THE ALBANIAN BALLAD OF RESURRECTION

Author(s): Arben Hoxha, Memli Sh. Krasniqi
Subject(s): Anthropology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Albanian Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Instituti Albanologjik i Prishtinës
Keywords: Albanian Oath; Ballad of Resurrection; The Code of Lek Dukagjini; Pantheism; Ethics; Spinoza;
Summary/Abstract: In our article we will explore the Besa’s role in establishing the relationship between two worlds: the Immanent and the Transcendent world of human beings. In the resurrection ballad ‘Lula e shtatë vllazënve’ (Flower of the seven brothers), the Besa appears as an indispensable ethical and anthropological instrument, a tool that creates harmony between body and soul. Within the community (tribe, family), it also sets the social order, while in a cosmic context, it creates the balance between the order of the human world and that of other world. The Besa in the Albanian ballad of resurrection is a moral category that derives not from the viewpoint of utilitarian ethics, but from the worldview of monistic-pantheistic ethics, which are strictly deterministic. Through the discipline of philosophical anthropology, we will discuss the Besa in the Albanian resurrection ballad in the context of the pantheist viewpoint and ethical views of Spinoza from his work “Ethics”. We will also ground our study on the philosophical concept of pantheism, as espoused by author Michael P. Levine.

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