To Have or to be Tracing European Heritage – The Permeation of Cultures
To Have or to be Tracing European Heritage – The Permeation of Cultures

Author(s): Slavenko Grgurević
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Culture and social structure
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Europe; Culture; Diversity; Heritage; Future
Summary/Abstract: On the verge of the third millennium, the all encompassing diversity and hyperconnectivity which unconditionally surpass standard forms and hierarchical structures are the main characteristics of a changing world. That which has been created through centuries is becoming the collective heritage of humankind thanks to the transference of inventions, ideas, information, products and technology from one civilization to another. The subsistence of humankind asks the question “to have or to be”, a note for everyone who searches for the truth and the meaning of existence in their individual choices or collective predication. That is in the essence of the creation and development of the European idea, its identity and continuity. The dominant values of the European culture have never been of sole significance. Instead, both those values and their counterparts are significant. The encounter, fruitful for diversification, antagonisms, competition and complements, is important for the creation and development of the European culture. Its essence is in dialogues and critical rationality contrary to taboos and imposed solutions. That’s not Eurocentrism, but the opulence of diversity which is in the essence of the individual’s spirit and fate. That is where the strength, sustainability and universality of the European idea lie.

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