Polityka jako zajęcie arcyludzkie
Politics as an All-Too-Human Busines

Summary/Abstract: The contemporary democratic policy can be seen as a source of many antidemocratic frustrations. The article is simply an expression of such disappointment, as its aim is to reflect on and to analyse the present pathologies of mass policy in the context of moral and intellectual issues. This view draws upon conservative thinking of the 19th century as an early reaction against the processes of democratization. Particular emphasis has been placed upon the question of social subjectiveness and its demagogic dimension. The essay also pays attention to the fact that the present democratic policy is usually profuse in humanitarian declarations without being able to satisfy them. The appeal to human rights and pluralistic society used to be, and is currently understood as being, a repudiation of the traditional rules of a religious and natural order. In addition, the present democratic policy (in domestic as well as foreign affairs) has an effect on the expression of all-too-human traits and bad manners, which is a consequence of the accidental recruitment of the political staff.

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