Original scientific paper
Cultural Õikos and Alternative Concepts – The Influence of Education, Religion and Nationality
Ivan Cifrić
; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb
Abstract
The author sets forth from the thesis about the existence of cultural õikos, which he defines through spacial, social (family) and individual characteristics. He explores the influence of these characteristics on the preferences of global concepts (named alternative concepts). These concepts are defined as the following socio-ecological orientations: anthropocentrism, naturalism and dynamic balance.
Based on empirical research 3 subsamples have been selected The first contains the respondents whose parents have the same level of education, in the second the parents belong to the same religion, while in the third the parents belong to the same religion and the respondent belongs to the »corresponding« nationality (for example Orthodox-Serbian, Catholic-Croatian etc.). Thus, in addition to other characteristics the author tests in particular the influence of education, religion and nationality on the commitment to the 3 global concepts.
The findings indicate that the majority (over 70%) of the respondents have chosen the concept of »dynamic balance«, 25 the »naturalistic« concept ant the rest-the »anthropocentric« concept Regarding national belonging no statistically relevant differences have been found as in the case of the parents education and religion, and the respondent’s attitude toward religion. In the text the different influences of spacial, family and individual features, i. e. the influence of cultural õikos are interpreted Education stimulates alternative concepts while religious socialization of different religions acts reproductively and universally.
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155130
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Publication date:
30.6.1991.
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