Open AccessChoosing the "Other" as a Realization of Personal Freedom in Judaism
Author(s) -
Z.V. Shved
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2009.51.2088
Subject(s) - phenomenon , realization (probability) , identity (music) , identification (biology) , process (computing) , religious identity , judaism , sociology , epistemology , religious freedom , social psychology , psychology , law , social science , political science , computer science , philosophy , aesthetics , theology , mathematics , statistics , negotiation , botany , economic freedom , biology , operating system
Recent studies of the Religious School of Ukraine give grounds to argue that the question of the interaction of religion and nation in society is a separate, important factor in the process of comprehending ethno-religious origin, as a component of a more general process of nationalization. In this connection it is worth mentioning the works of the leading scientists A.M. Kolodny, ON Sagan, L.O. Filipovich, PL Yarotsky, V.E. Yelensky et al., Who highlighted the problem of understanding identity as a multifaceted phenomenon operating at the individual or group levels. At the same time, the actual question of the role of awareness of one's own difference from the non-national or non-religious environment emerged as a pressing problem, on the way of solving which the answer and the inquiry concerning the motivating factors in the process of identity identification depend.