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The word
tradition comes from the Latin word
traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language:
Beliefs or customs taught by one generation to the next, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements.
A set of customs or practices. For example, we can speak of Christmas traditions.
A broad religious movement made up of religious denominations or Church Body that have a common history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, one can speak of Islam's Sufi tradition or Christianity's Lutheran tradition.
However, on a more basic theoretical level, tradition(s) can be seen as information or composed of information. For that which is brought into the present from the past, in a particular societal context, is information. This is even more fundamental than particular acts or practices even if repeated over a long sequence of time. For such acts or practices, once performed, disappear unless they have been transformed into some manner of communicable information.
Traditions and stylings of the mannerism
A
tradition is a practice, custom, or story that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a
writing system. Tools to aid this process include
figures of speech such as
rhyme and alliteration. The stories thus preserved are also referred to as tradition, or as part of an
oral tradition.
Tradition is a knowledge system (a means of transferring knowledge). Economists Friedrich Hayek and
Thomas Sowell explain that tradition is an economically efficient way to transfer and obtain
knowledge of all kinds. Sowell, for example, notes that decision-making consumes time (a valuable resource), and cultural traditions offer a rich, low-cost, consensually authenticated way to economize on the resources required to make decisions independently.See
Knowledge and Decisions, Thomas Sowell, chapter 4 Chemist and philosopher
Michael Polanyi argues that the importance of tradition stems precisely from the fact that we know more than we can articulate, and that we amass and communicate valuable knowledge through tradition, often without conscious
awareness of all the factors that influenced the development of traditions.See
Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy, Michael Polanyi
Traditions are often presumed to be ancient, unalterable, and deeply important, though they may sometimes be much less "natural" than is presumed. Some traditions were deliberately invented for one reason or another, often to highlight or enhance the importance of a certain institution.Traditions may also be changed to suit the needs of the day, and the changes can become accepted as a part of the ancient tradition. A famous book on the subject is
The Invention of Tradition, edited by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger.
Some examples include "the invention of tradition" in
Africa and other
colonial holdings by the occupying forces. Requiring legitimacy, the colonial power would often invent a "tradition" which they could use to legitimize their own position. For example, a certain succession to a chiefdom might be recognized by a colonial power as traditional in order to favour their own candidates for the job. Often these inventions were based in some form of tradition, but were grossly exaggerated, distorted, or biased toward a particular interpretation.
Philosophical tradition
The idea of tradition is important in philosophy. Twentieth century philosophy is often divided between an 'analytic' tradition, dominant in Anglophone and Scandinavian countries, and a 'continental' tradition, dominant in German and Romance speaking Europe.
Traditionalism
In the
Roman Catholic Church,
traditionalism is the
doctrine that Sacred Tradition holds equal authority to
Holy Scripture. In the Orthodox Church, scripture is considered to be the core constituent of fcdtygjhbknm, a larger tradition. These views are often condemned as
heretical by Protestant churches, who hold the Bible to be the only valid tradition. Inspired by the Protestant rejection of tcfghjbnmvcfxgdhgjnvchvmbfgndjhradition, the Age of Enlightenment began to consider even the Bible itself as a questionable tradition.
Traditionalism may also refer to the concept of a fundamental human tradition present in all orthodox religions and traditional forms of society. This view is put forward by the
Traditionalist School.
Traditionalist Catholic refers to those, such as Marcel Lefebvre, who want the worship and practices of the church to be as they were before the
Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).
"Radical Traditionalism" refers to a worldview that stresses a return to traditional values of hard work, craftsmanship, local culture, tribal or clan orientation, and non-material values in response to a perceived excess of materialism, consumerism, technology, and societal homogeneity. Most Radical Traditionalists choose this term for themselves to stress their reaction to 'modern' society, as well as an equal disdain for more 'recent' forms of traditionalism based on Judeo-Christian and early-Industrial Age values. It is often allied with branches of Paganism that stress a return to old cultural values that predated the existence of the state system.
In Islam,
traditionalism (Islam) is the orthodox form, which places importance on traditional forms of learning and acknowledges different traditional schools of thought.
Archaeological meaning
In archaeology a
tradition is a set of archaeological culture or archaeological industry which appear to develop on from one another over a period of time. The term is especially common in the study of American archaeology.
Rejection of tradition
Destruction is part of nature according to the German philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche claims that entities that reinterpret the world again and again are strong. That way sorrow and loss which is linked to trying to keep tradition can be avoided. Nietzsche wants his readers to open up and accept nature as it is in all its manyfold appearances. In order to be able to interpret nature it is mandatory to imagine. It is weak to claim that your imagination is the only truth. That could get you destroyed. A strong person is someone who is ready to change in order to avoid self-destruction.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Sowell, T (1980) Knowledge and Decisions Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-003738-0
- Polanyi, M (1964) Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy ISBN 0-226-67288-3
External links
- Pathwork lecture about religious tradition
- Movies where Tradition is the main theme
- Online community for cataloging, creating and exchanging traditions
The word
tradition comes from the Latin word
traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language:
Beliefs or customs taught by one generation to the next, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements.
A set of customs or practices. For example, we can speak of Christmas traditions.
A broad religious movement made up of religious denominations or Church Body that have a common history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, one can speak of Islam's Sufi tradition or Christianity's Lutheran tradition.
However, on a more basic theoretical level, tradition(s) can be seen as information or composed of information. For that which is brought into the present from the past, in a particular societal context, is information. This is even more fundamental than particular acts or practices even if repeated over a long sequence of time. For such acts or practices, once performed, disappear unless they have been transformed into some manner of communicable information.
Traditions and stylings of the mannerism
A
tradition is a practice, custom, or story that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a
writing system. Tools to aid this process include figures of speech such as rhyme and
alliteration. The stories thus preserved are also referred to as tradition, or as part of an
oral tradition.
Tradition is a knowledge system (a means of transferring knowledge). Economists Friedrich Hayek and Thomas Sowell explain that tradition is an economically efficient way to transfer and obtain knowledge of all kinds. Sowell, for example, notes that decision-making consumes time (a valuable resource), and cultural traditions offer a rich, low-cost, consensually authenticated way to economize on the resources required to make decisions independently.See
Knowledge and Decisions, Thomas Sowell, chapter 4 Chemist and philosopher
Michael Polanyi argues that the importance of tradition stems precisely from the fact that we know more than we can articulate, and that we amass and communicate valuable knowledge through tradition, often without conscious
awareness of all the factors that influenced the development of traditions.See
Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy, Michael Polanyi
Traditions are often presumed to be
ancient, unalterable, and deeply important, though they may sometimes be much less "natural" than is presumed. Some traditions were deliberately invented for one reason or another, often to highlight or enhance the importance of a certain institution.Traditions may also be changed to suit the needs of the day, and the changes can become accepted as a part of the ancient tradition. A famous book on the subject is
The Invention of Tradition, edited by
Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger.
Some examples include "the invention of tradition" in Africa and other
colonial holdings by the occupying forces. Requiring
legitimacy, the colonial power would often invent a "tradition" which they could use to legitimize their own position. For example, a certain succession to a chiefdom might be recognized by a colonial power as traditional in order to favour their own candidates for the job. Often these inventions were based in some form of tradition, but were grossly exaggerated, distorted, or biased toward a particular interpretation.
Philosophical tradition
The idea of tradition is important in philosophy. Twentieth century philosophy is often divided between an 'analytic' tradition, dominant in Anglophone and Scandinavian countries, and a 'continental' tradition, dominant in German and Romance speaking Europe.
Traditionalism
In the
Roman Catholic Church,
traditionalism is the
doctrine that Sacred Tradition holds equal authority to Holy Scripture. In the Orthodox Church, scripture is considered to be the core constituent of fcdtygjhbknm, a larger tradition. These views are often condemned as
heretical by
Protestant churches, who hold the Bible to be the only valid tradition. Inspired by the Protestant rejection of tcfghjbnmvcfxgdhgjnvchvmbfgndjhradition, the
Age of Enlightenment began to consider even the Bible itself as a questionable tradition.
Traditionalism may also refer to the concept of a fundamental human tradition present in all orthodox religions and traditional forms of society. This view is put forward by the Traditionalist School.
Traditionalist Catholic refers to those, such as
Marcel Lefebvre, who want the worship and practices of the church to be as they were before the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).
"Radical Traditionalism" refers to a worldview that stresses a return to traditional values of hard work, craftsmanship, local culture, tribal or clan orientation, and non-material values in response to a perceived excess of materialism, consumerism, technology, and societal
homogeneity. Most Radical Traditionalists choose this term for themselves to stress their reaction to 'modern' society, as well as an equal disdain for more 'recent' forms of traditionalism based on Judeo-Christian and early-Industrial Age values. It is often allied with branches of Paganism that stress a return to old cultural values that predated the existence of the state system.
In Islam,
traditionalism (Islam) is the orthodox form, which places importance on traditional forms of learning and acknowledges different traditional schools of thought.
Archaeological meaning
In archaeology a
tradition is a set of archaeological culture or
archaeological industry which appear to develop on from one another over a period of time. The term is especially common in the study of American archaeology.
Rejection of tradition
Destruction is part of nature according to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche claims that entities that reinterpret the world again and again are strong. That way sorrow and loss which is linked to trying to keep tradition can be avoided. Nietzsche wants his readers to open up and accept nature as it is in all its manyfold appearances. In order to be able to interpret nature it is mandatory to imagine. It is weak to claim that your imagination is the only truth. That could get you destroyed. A strong person is someone who is ready to change in order to avoid self-destruction.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Sowell, T (1980) Knowledge and Decisions Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-003738-0
- Polanyi, M (1964) Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy ISBN 0-226-67288-3
External links
- Pathwork lecture about religious tradition
- Movies where Tradition is the main theme
- Online community for cataloging, creating and exchanging traditions
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The word tradition comes from the Latin word traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language:
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