The Relationship between »Culture« and »the Religious« in An Introduction to the philosophy of history by Julije Makanec

U ovom se radu bavimo odnosom kulture i religioznoga u djelu Uvod u filosofiju poviesti hrvatskoga filozofa Julija Makanca. Rad je podijeljen u dva dijela. U prvome dijelu predstavljen je njegov životni put i najvažnija djela. Drugi dio govori o središnjoj temi našega rada gdje su prikazane najvažnije Makančeve misli o kulturi i njezinu odnosu prema vrijednosti religioznoga: Makančevo shvaćanje kulture; Makančevo shvaćanje religioznoga; Vrijednosti u odnosu jednih prema drugima; O potrebi apsolutnih vrijednosti, Odnos religiozne vrijednosti i svetoga. Makančeva vizija kulture nadilazi naturalističko materijalističku viziju te je skloniji vjerovati u božanstvenost svijeta nego u svemogućnost vremena. To uvjerenje dovodi ga i do zaključka kako vječnost stoluje nad prolaznošću ili, negativno rečeno, materija nikako ne može biti posljednja stvarnost.This paper deals with the relationship between culture and the religious in the work titled, An Introduction to the Philosophy of History by the Croatian philosopher Julije Makanec. The essay consists of two sections. The first acquaints us with his life and most important works, while the second discusses the central theme involving Makanec’s thoughts on culture and its relationship to the religious, namely, Makanec’s understanding of culture, his grasp of the religious, the values of each in relation to the other, the need for absolute values, and finally, the relationship between religious values and the sacred. Makanec’s vision of culture transcends the naturalistic–materialistic vision, and he is more inclined to affirm the divinity of the world than the omnipotence of time. This conviction leads him to the conclusion that eternity has dominion over the transient, or negatively expressed, that matter cannot ever be the ultimate reality