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Sergo Ratiani Differing Political Theologies of Differing Eras Terms
Sergo Ratiani Differing Political Theologies of Differing Eras Terms and Problem Specification Carl Schmitt introduced the term ‘political theology’ into modern po- litical science. In his opinion, ‘all significant concepts of the [modern] science of politics are secularized theological concepts’.1 Political theology describes a method that makes it possible to detect traces of theology in modern po- litical discourse. The concept of political theology has become a subject of investigation for many scientists. For example, Armin Adam in his work ‘A History of Po- litical Theology’ talks of the broadening usage of this term.2 We are interested in that aspect of political theology that deals with Church-State relations and the theological foundations of the ideological side of these relations. This subject interests us from many angles: Firstly, the Church is a societal community and, from a certain perspec- tive, itself comprises a ‘polis’ that is based on theology. Secondly, there is the issue of relations between the ‘Kingdom of God’ and an earthly power, which comprises relations between a spiritual author- ity and a secular power. Thirdly, how the Church provides the functioning of certain political systems with a theological discourse. Fourthly, how the Church paves the way for its policy by elaborating a theological discourse. Fifthly, the problem of the extent to which one political system or an- other exerts influence on the Church’s theological discourse. We shall discuss this topic using the example of the Georgian Ortho- dox Church. We shall see what political theology it elaborated in differing eras and towards differing political systems. -
Ishkani Irene Giviashvili
Ishkani Irene Giviashvili Ishkani is located in the high mountainous village of the same name Işhan, overlooking once e beautiful valley of Chorokhi river. The village belongs today to the vilayet of Artvin, once being part of the historic Tao region of Medieval Georgian Kingdom. Ishkani functioned as an important ecclesiastical center until the Ottoman occupation of the region in 16-17th cc. On the site of Ishkani the remains of a grand domed church and a small hall chapel are survived; in recent years, during the excavations of the site remains of several other churches and structures were revealed. Studies of the Ishkani started with E. Takaishvili, who visited the monument during his field survey of 1917. Ishkani was largely discussed by W. Djobadze. Ishkani became a turning point in started the studies of Georgian monuments in Turkey. Dr. Mine Kadiroglu has dedicated her Ph.D. and later a monograph to Ishkani. Ishkani became a gateway through which the Turkish scholarship later was built. Ishkani is the first Georgian site in Turkey, where the restoration works started. The restitution project was made by Anfora Mimarlik Restorasyon, and the restoration works were conducted by the firm Osman Gulsum (2012-2016), the conservation works of the frescos and the floor was made by ArkIstanbul. Since the rehabilitation of the site, it has been closed and is inaccessible for the visitors. History of Ishkhani goes back to the VII century. According to The Life of Saint Grigol Khantsteli, written by Giorgi Merchule, Grigol together with his disciples visited the site and found the church abandoned and widowed. -
Liberalism and Georgia
Ilia Chavchavadze Center for European Studies and Civic Education Liberalism and Georgia Tbilisi 2020 Liberalism and Georgia © NCLE Ilia Chavchavadze Center for European Studies and Civic Edu- cation, 2020 www.chavchavadzecenter.ge © Authors: Teimuraz Khutsishvili, Nino Kalandadze, Gaioz (Gia) Japaridze, Giorgi Jokhadze, Giorgi Kharebava, 2020 Editor-in-chief: Zaza Bibilashvili Editor: Medea Imerlishvili The publication has been prepared with support from the Konrad-Ad- enauer-Stiftung South Caucasus within the framework of the project “Common Sense: Civil Society vis-à-vis Politics.” The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily rep- resent those of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung South Caucasus. This content may not be reproduced, copied or distributed for commercial purposes without expressed written consent of the Center. The Ilia Chavchavadze Center extends its thanks to Dr. David Mai- suradze, a Professor at Caucasus University, and students Nika Tsilosani and Ana Lolua for the support they provided to the publication. Layout designer: Irine Stroganova Cover page designer: Tamar Garsevanishvili ISBN 978-9941-31-292-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CENTER’S FORWORD .................................................................5 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................7 CHAPTER I – WHAT IS LIBERALISM? ..............................................9 Historical understanding of liberalism ..........................................9 Formation of -
Ghia Nodia Components of the Georgian National Idea
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ILIAUNI Open Journal Systems (Ilia State University, Tbilisi) Ghia Nodia Components of the Georgian National Idea: an Outline Since the 1980s, theoretical literature on nationalism has abounded, its most influential stars including Ernest Gellner, Benedict Anderson, An- thony Smith and Rogers Brubaker. The main thrust has been to problema- tize the concept of nation as most people have tended to perceive it since the 19th century. To reject, that is, the romanticized idea of a nation as an age- old, pre-given entity one is supposed to speak of with awe. The new scholars of nations and nationalism disdain these approaches as “primoridialist” and “essentialist” - which, for them, is synonymous with unprofessionalism and inadequacy. On the other hand, most of Georgian intellectual tradition, in- asmuch as it is preoccupied with the concept of the Georgian nation, takes the essentialist-primordialist approach for granted - even when authors dis- play sharply critical attitudes towards different aspects of Georgian social or political realities. Georgian sociologists who teach contemporary theories of nationalism rarely apply them to Georgian material.1 The latter attempts are rare and mostly belong to foreign scholars.2 The aim of this article is to propose a tentative trajectory of the evolu- tion of the idea of the modern Georgian nation. I will not go into theoretical debates on nationalism but start by briefly summarizing my general approach towards the problem. Then I will proceed with a general description of two major components of the Georgian national idea: identity-building on the one hand, and the Georgian nation as a political project. -
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Development of Georgian Kock
Sociolinguistic aspects of the development of Georgian Kock-Kobaidze, Manana 1999 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Kock-Kobaidze, M. (1999). Sociolinguistic aspects of the development of Georgian. (Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics; Vol. 47). http://www.ling.lu.se/disseminations/pdf/47/Tabidze.pdf Total number of authors: 1 General rights Unless other specific re-use rights are stated the following general rights apply: Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Read more about Creative commons licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics 1 Working Papers 47 (1999), 201–210 Sociolinguistic aspects of the development of Georgian Manana Tabidze A language cannot be considered apart from the extra-linguistic and intra- linguistic factors that influence it. The influence of these factors on the language is always conditioned by the contact with another language; and the question of its social status is always related to another language. -
Causes of War Prospects for Peace
Georgian Orthodox Church Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung CAUSES OF WAR PROS P E C TS FOR PEA C E Tbilisi, 2009 1 On December 2-3, 2008 the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung held a scientific conference on the theme: Causes of War - Prospects for Peace. The main purpose of the conference was to show the essence of the existing conflicts in Georgia and to prepare objective scientific and information basis. This book is a collection of conference reports and discussion materials that on the request of the editorial board has been presented in article format. Publishers: Metropolitan Ananya Japaridze Katia Christina Plate Bidzina Lebanidze Nato Asatiani Editorial board: Archimandrite Adam (Akhaladze), Tamaz Beradze, Rozeta Gujejiani, Roland Topchishvili, Mariam Lordkipanidze, Lela Margiani, Tariel Putkaradze, Bezhan Khorava Reviewers: Zurab Tvalchrelidze Revaz Sherozia Giorgi Cheishvili Otar Janelidze Editorial board wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Irina Bibileishvili, Merab Gvazava, Nia Gogokhia, Ekaterine Dadiani, Zviad Kvilitaia, Giorgi Cheishvili, Kakhaber Tsulaia. ISBN 2345632456 Printed by CGS ltd 2 Preface by His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia ILIA II; Opening Words to the Conference 5 Preface by Katja Christina Plate, Head of the Regional Office for Political Dialogue in the South Caucasus of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung; Opening Words to the Conference 8 Abkhazia: Historical-Political and Ethnic Processes Tamaz Beradze, Konstantine Topuria, Bezhan Khorava - A -
Language Policy and National Identity in Georgia
Language Policy and National Identity in Georgia A thesis submitted for the degree of PhD to Queen Mary University of London 2011 Rusudan Amirejibi-Mullen Linguistics Abstract Language has been long recognised as a powerful marker of national identity, as has its role in transforming multi-ethnic societies into unified nations. Such is the case of multi-ethnic and multilingual Georgia, where language has today become a crucial factor in interethnic relations and in the Georgian nation-building process. This thesis sheds light on the nature of kartveloba (Georgianness) by examining Georgian language policy over the entire history of the nation. Despite the country’s long-standing civilisation and its established culture, Georgian statehood began to decline from the second half of the thirteenth century, until the country was eventually incorporated into the Russian empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Since then, there have been several attempts to instigate a ‘national revival’: 1) the cultural/linguistic movement of the nineteenth century, 2) the struggle to build a nation-state in 1918-1921, 3) the national liberation movement during the Soviet period (1921-1991), and 4) nation- state building in the post-Soviet period. All of these periods display common features with regard to language policy. 2 After investigating language policy and identity developments in the pre- modern period, this thesis examines Georgia under Russian rule (both Tsarist and Soviet), which made the country vulnerable to ethnic conflicts, and tries to explain the violent outcomes. The thesis goes on to examine public debate of language and minority issues, as well as efforts to elaborate inclusive language and ethnic policies in contemporary Georgia. -
MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA: GEORGIA Mapping Digital Media: Georgia
COUNTRY REPORT MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA: GEORGIA Mapping Digital Media: Georgia A REPORT BY THE OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS WRITTEN BY Ana Keshelashvili (lead reporter) Nino Danelia and Ninia Kakabadze (reporters) EDITED BY Marius Dragomir and Mark Thompson (Open Society Media Program editors) Rita Rudusˇa (Regional editor) EDITORIAL COMMISSION Yuen-Ying Chan, Christian S. Nissen, Dusˇan Reljic´, Russell Southwood, Michael Starks, Damian Tambini The Editorial Commission is an advisory body. Its members are not responsible for the information or assessments contained in the Mapping Digital Media texts OPEN SOCIETY MEDIA PROGRAM TEAM Meijinder Kaur, program assistant; Morris Lipson, senior legal advisor; and Gordana Jankovic, director OPEN SOCIETY INFORMATION PROGRAM TEAM Vera Franz, senior program manager; Darius Cuplinskas, director 5 June 2012 Contents Mapping Digital Media ..................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 6 Context ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Social Indicators ................................................................................................................................ 12 Economic Indicators ........................................................................................................................ -
Endangered Languages of the Caucasus and Beyond
Endangered Languages of the Caucasus and Beyond Edited by Ramazan Korkmaz and Gürkan Doğan LEIDEN | BOSTON For use by the Author only | © 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV Contents Preface vii 1 Consequences of Russian Linguistic Hegemony in (Post-)Soviet Colonial Space 1 Gregory D. S. Anderson 2 The Contacts between the Ossetians and the Karachay-Balkars, According to V. I. Abaev and Marrian Ideology 17 Johnny Cheung 3 Why Caucasian Languages? 39 Bernard Comrie 4 International Research Collaboration on Documentation and Revitalization of Endangered Turkic Languages in Ukraine: Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karaim, Qrymchak and Urum Experience 51 İryna M. Dryga 5 Cases-Non-cases: At the Margins of the Tsezic Case System 60 Diana Forker 6 Language Endangerment in the Balkans with Some Comparisons to the Caucasus 79 Victor A. Friedman 7 Instilling Pride by Raising a Language’s Prestige 91 George Hewitt 8 Unwritten Minority Languages of Daghestan: Status and Conservation Issues 98 Zaynab Alieva and Madzhid Khalilov 9 Report on the Fieldwork Studies of the Endangered Turkic Languages 108 Yong-Sŏng Li For use by the Author only | © 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV vi contents 10 Empire, Lingua Franca, Vernacular: The Roots of Endangerment 122 Nicholas Ostler 11 Endangered Turkic Languages from China 135 Mehmet Ölmez 12 The Death of a Language: The Case of Ubykh 151 A. Sumru Özsoy 13 Diversity in Dukhan Reindeer Terminology 166 Elisabetta Ragagnin 14 How Much Udi is Udi? 187 Wolfgang Schulze 15 Language Contact in Anatolia: The Case of Sason Arabic 209 Eser Erguvanlı -
Studia Patristica Vol
STUDIA PATRISTICA VOL. LVIII Papers presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2011 Edited by MARKUS VINZENT Volume 6: Neoplatonism and Patristics PEETERS LEUVEN – PARIS – WALPOLE, MA 2013 Table of Contents Victor YUDIN, UCL, OVC, Brussels, Belgium Patristic Neoplatonism ........................................................................ 3 Cyril HOVORUN, Kiev, Ukraine Influence of Neoplatonism on Formation of Theological Language ... 13 Luc BRISSON, CNRS, Villejuif, France Clement and Cyril of Alexandria: Confronting Platonism with Chris- tianity ................................................................................................... 19 Alexey R. FOKIN, Moscow, Russia The Doctrine of the ‘Intelligible Triad’ in Neoplatonism and Patristics 45 Jean-Michel COUNET, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Speech Act in the Demiurge’s Address to the Young Gods in Timaeus 41 A-B. Interpretations of Greek Philosophers and Patristic Receptions ........................................................................................... 73 István PERCZEL, Hungary The Pseudo-Didymian De trinitate and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areo- pagite: A Preliminary Study ............................................................... 83 Andrew LOUTH, Durham, UK Symbolism and the Angels in Dionysios the Areopagite ................... 109 Demetrios BATHRELLOS, Athens, Greece Neo-platonism and Maximus the Confessor on the Knowledge of God ..................................................................................................... -
Provisional List of Participants
OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS The Provisional List of Participants is based on registration sent to ODIHR Please submit any corrections/comments to the ODIHR Secretariat, Sofitel Victoria hotel or by e-mail to: [email protected] by Thursday, 3 October 2013, 2:00 p.m. Please note that any corrections provided later than Thursday, 3 October 2013, 2:00 p.m. will NOT be included in the Final List of Participants Warsaw, 23 September - 4 October 2013 OSCE Delegations / Partners for Co-operation Albania Amb. Spiro KOCI Permanent Mission of Albania to the International Organizations in Head of Delegation; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to Vienna the OSCE Reisenerstrasse 27/6a; 1030 Vienna; Austria E-Mail: [email protected] Tel:+43-1-328 87 10 Website: http://www.mfa.gov.al Amb. Florent CELIKU Albanian Embassy to Poland E-Mail: [email protected] ul. Altowa 1; 02-386 Warsaw; Poland Tel:+48-22-824 14 27 Fax:+48-22-824 14 26 Ms. Selma XHOXHAJ Permanent Mission of Albania to the International Organizations in First Secretary Vienna E-Mail: [email protected] Reisenerstrasse 27/6a; 1030 Vienna; Austria Tel:+43-660-350 38 12 Website: http://www.mfa.gov.al Germany Amb. Rudiger LUDEKING Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OSCE Head of Delegation Metternichgasse 3; 1030 Vienna; Austria E-Mail: [email protected] Tel:+43-1-711 54 171 Fax:+43-1-711 54 268 Website: http://www.osze.diplo.de Mrs. -
As of 15 September, 2020 As of 30 September, 2020
as of 15 September, 2020 as of 30 September, 2020 1 This edition of the COOMET Directory was prepared by the acting COOMET Secretariat and published in two versions, Russian and English, the official languages of COOMET. The information about metrology infrastructure in the COOMET Member Countries was updated and kindly provided to the COOMET Secretariat by these countries. Your questions or remarks concerning the material given in the Directory are welcome to [email protected] The electronic version of the COOMET Directory is available: - on the COOMET web-portal at www.coomet.net - and on the COOMET website at www.coomet.org COOMET Secretariat: Belarusian State Institute of Metrology (BelGIM) Starovilensky trakt, 93 220053, Minsk, Republic of Belarus Phone/Fax: +375 17 378 75 40 E-mail: [email protected] 2 CONTENTS Information about COOMET ............................................................................................................................. 5 Memorandum Of Understanding ..................................................................................................................... 8 Rules Of Procedure......................................................................................................................................... 13 COOMET Structure ......................................................................................................................................... 18 COOMET Structure (scheme) ........................................................................................................................