Title Lithuanian case of Catholic complexio oppositorum /
Translation of Title Litewski przypadek katolickiej complexio oppositorum.
Authors Jokubaitis, Alvydas ; Jokubaitis, Linas
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Is Part of Myśl polityczna = Political thought.. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. 2023, no. 5(16), p. 31-42.. ISSN 2658-2295. eISSN 2720-2283
Keywords [eng] Motiejus Valančius ; Carl Schmitt ; myth ; complexio oppositorum
Abstract [eng] Carl Schmitt’s interpretation of the Roman Catholic Church as complexio oppositorum allows us to understand the Lithuanian national movement’s rise better. The Samogitian bishopric under Motiejus Valančius (from 1850 to 1870) should be seen as a phenomenon in Lithuanian political history. This episode of Lithuanian history is an example of what Schmitt described as complexio oppositorum. The contemporary dominant understanding that Valančius was a leading religious figure is insufficient and does not do him justice. His political actions marked a definite break with the older tradition of the Polish- -Lithuanian Commonwealth; its end brought the beginning of attempts to find new forms of political life.
Published Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Sejmowe
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2023
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