The Christian Democratic Youth of Slovakia: Christian Legacy, Post-Socialist Memory and the Present Spirit of Capitalism

• Authors: Matej Karásek , Ľubica Kollárová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The subject of this case study is the youth political organisation Christian Democratic Youth of Slovakia (KDMS). The first parts of this paper are dedicated to history and the structure of organisation. Latter parts discuss the influence of historical memory on creating the collective discourses of KDMS and its civic engagements, ambitions and activities. The purpose of the paper is also to evaluate the role of religion and secularisation in KDMS agenda and also to discuss the ways how the ´christian heritage´ becames the source for arguments in political debates and opossitely how the christianity could be interpreted in the light of conservative and right oriented socio-economic and political worldview.

Keywords

EN

Christian Democratic Youth of Slovakia; memory; religion; secularisation; youth activism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Ethnologia Actualis
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 40-64

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Matej Karásek

• Department of Ethnology and World Studies, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

author

Ľubica Kollárová

• Department of Ethnology and World Studies, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eas-2015-0008