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que mantuvo en la inopia del mito de la Rusia ... de las élites

English translation: kept the vast majority of European intellectuals in thrall to the myth of..


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20:32 Mar 17, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
Spanish term or phrase: que mantuvo en la inopia del mito de la Rusia ... de las élites
A couple more questions from my philosophy paper from hell - 2 in one sentence as a matter of fact.

The key word here is clearly inopia, but I still can't figure out what the author actually is trying to say here.

TIA!

Y uno piensa naturalmente en los dark times tan numerosos y extendidos en toda la geografía europea durante el siglo que empieza en la guerra del catorce y acaba en el derrumbamiento de la URSS, pasando en especial por el ascenso del nazismo, el ascenso del stalinismo, el pacto Molotov-Ribentrop, y last not least, el sistema Yalta que oscureció durante decenios la Europa oriental, al mismo tiempo que mantuvo largamente en la inopia del mito de la Rusia patria del proletariado a buena parte de las élites intelectuales europeas hasta por lo menos el 68. Resulta coherente que una filosofía de tipo hegeliano, que evalúe la actitud de la moralidad pura en términos de “abstracta subjetividad”, deba ser alérgica a un concepto como el de responsabilidad enorme .

My rough draft:

One naturally thinks of the dark times that were so numerous and widespread in European during the century that started with the war of 1914 and ended collapse of the USSR, passing most notably through the rise of the Nazism, the rise of Stalinism, the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact, and last but ot least, the Yalta System that darkened Eastern Europe for decades, while keeping the myth of the Russian homeland of the proletariat XXXXX most of European intellectuals elites until at least 68. It is logical that a Hegelian-type philosophy, that assesses the attitude of pure morality in terms of “abstract subjectivity”, should be allergic to a concept such as enormous responsibility.
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 07:18
English translation:kept the vast majority of European intellectuals in thrall to the myth of..
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6kept the vast majority of European intellectuals in thrall to the myth of..
hjs45
4 +1kept a large portion of Europe's intellectuals blinded by the myth of Russia, homeland of the
Juliana Starkman
5that kept in the dark ....
Rosa Paredes
4while at the same time it kept ignorant, through the myth of the Russian homeland
Mercedes Rizzuti


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
kept the vast majority of European intellectuals in thrall to the myth of..


Explanation:
This is the way I read it

hjs45
Local time: 07:18
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agree  bcsantos
12 mins
  -> thanks, bc

agree  ormiston: maybe more simply 'most of the European intellectual elite'
36 mins
  -> thanks, ormiston. agree that "vast majority" is overcooked

agree  Patricia Rosas: agree with ormiston ...
55 mins
  -> thanks, patricia

agree  Jim Tucker: Agree w ormiston, "vast majority" is a cliché. Literally inopia is as mecedes describes it below (poverty) but "thrall" (slavery) is very close.
1 hr
  -> thanks, jim

agree  Rick Henry: Except "in thrall to the myth of" sounds awkward to my ears. better " "in thrall WITH the myth of..."
1 hr
  -> thanks, rick. I've always known it as "in thrall to" (1 million+ hits on google).. but perhaps both versions work

agree  Tracie Shannon Houlihan: or "enthralled by the myth"
4 hrs
  -> thanks tracie
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
while at the same time it kept ignorant, through the myth of the Russian homeland


Explanation:
Inopía refers to some kind of poverty or lack of information about reality. I think this paragraph brings this concept by speaking about “inopía” and also “mito” (myth). Both are part of a daydream that people is living, according to the author. I'd go as follows: "(...)while at the same time it kept ignorant, through the myth of the Russian homeland of the proletariat, most of European intellectuals elites until at least the 68th. "

Mercedes Rizzuti
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kept a large portion of Europe's intellectuals blinded by the myth of Russia, homeland of the


Explanation:
Another possibility, based on the idea of the blinders worn by intellectuals who bought into the myth...

Times Higher Education - Sceptics blinded by Marxist idols and ...
Sceptics blinded by Marxist idols and ideology. 18 May 2007 ... Communism had a worldwide impact on intellectuals after the October Revolution of 1917 - the ...
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=208952..

Juliana Starkman
Israel
Local time: 01:18
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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agree  Lucia Colombino: ¡Qué buena solución!
4 mins
  -> Gracias Lucia :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
that kept in the dark ....


Explanation:
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Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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