Man – a Computer or an Animal?The Postmodern Anthropology and the Adequate Anthropology of John Paul II Cover Image

Człowiek – komputer czy zwierzę? Antropologia adekwatna Jana Pawła II a antropologia ponowożytna
Man – a Computer or an Animal?The Postmodern Anthropology and the Adequate Anthropology of John Paul II

Author(s): Michał Chaberek
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Anthropology, Philosophy
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
Keywords: anthropology; reductionism; evolutionism; gender studies; Theology of the Body; postmodernity

Summary/Abstract: Today’s anthropology has been pervaded by two reductionist visions of man. One attempts to reduce man to a merely machine and the human mind to a merely computer. The other focuses on reducing man to an animal. Both reduction approaches have been extensively popularized in the culture and mentality of the post-Christian societies. One of themain contributing factors to both reductions is the evolutionary understanding of the origin of man. A timely response to both reductionisms is the adequate anthropology of John Paul II which draws on the Book of Genesis.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 531-539
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish