PHILIPPE DROZ-VINCENT Vertiges de la puissance : le « moment américain » au Moyen-Orient Paris, La Découverte, 2007, 370 pages.
As the Cuban regime transitions from “Fidelism” to “Raulism”, questions arise concerning the Catholic world’s place in “Post-Communism”. However, after many years of confrontation with a power that dominates the greater part of the political, social and cultural fields, the resumption of real influe...
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2009
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| Итог: | As the Cuban regime transitions from “Fidelism” to “Raulism”, questions arise concerning the Catholic world’s place in “Post-Communism”. However, after many years of confrontation with a power that dominates the greater part of the political, social and cultural fields, the resumption of real influence over Cuban society is far from given. In spite of a unique institutional position vis-à-vis the regime, the Catholic Church remains marginalized. The Church’s lack of social grounding and difficulty overcoming its colonial past both contribute to its isolation. In these circumstances, the Catholic hierarchy draws on field work that is more pastoral than political. Some Catholics are nevertheless seeking to contribute to the emergence of a hypothetical “civil society” by transforming the religious institution into a para-political actor capable of preparing the way for “post-Communism”. This effort endeavors to rehabilitate Catholicism vis-à-vis the Cuban past and Cuban present alike. It also seeks to redefine civic and moral norms in order to actively participate in future efforts at national reconciliation. These efforts nevertheless remain limited by the structural weaknesses of the Cuban church and the ambivalence of its choices. |
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