Continuation War 1941-1944 as a Metanoic Moment
Regular price
€61.50
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
1941
A01=Jouni Tilli
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Jouni Tilli
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HB
Category=JPA
Category=JPFR
Category=JPH
Category=NH
COP=Switzerland
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9783631641279
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2013
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The study explores an aspect of Finland in World War II that has received little attention. The research examines how Lutheran priests contributed rhetorically to the war effort against the Soviet Union in the Continuation War 1941-1944. The war was emplotted using six dramatic analogies: apocalypse, holy war & crusade, election & mission, jeremiad, the war within, obedience and mortification. Changes from an offensive phase in 1941 to an almost chaotic retreat in summer 1944 could be explained using rhetoric that was familiar to all Finns. The material consists of texts by bishops, chaplains and other priests. Priestly power is examined using the concept of metanoia, a radical transformation of mind. The textual analysis relies on Kenneth Burkes theory of symbolic action.
Jouni Tilli received his PhD in 2012 from the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä (Finland). His dissertation The Continuation War as a Metanoic Moment. A Burkean Reading of Lutheran Hierocratic Rhetoric won the Best Dissertation Award 2013 from Jyväskylä University. Tillis work includes publications on Politics of History and Finnish History.
