Changes in value system and life aspirations of youth in Poland from the perspective of thirty years (1989-2019)
Changes in value system and life aspirations of youth in Poland from the perspective of thirty years (1989-2019)

Summary/Abstract: The Author provides a description and analysis of the significance of the clash of values in Polish youth from the perspective of the thirty-year period (1989-2019), positing the thesis that values situate the young individual within the social reality. This attempt to outline the dynamics of change in the value system of the surveyed youth is based on auditory interviews, primarily the survey declarations of young people, personal statements from teachers, and the Author’s own observations. The dramatic shift in the social model of life occurring in Poland has led to the research being conducted in four stages, aimed at uncovering various aspects of social reality, thus enabling deeper reflection. The objective of analyzing the research results was to understand the changes in the value system and life aspirations of the young generation of Poles over the thirty-year period (1989-2019). The research findings indicate a clash occurring between proponents of consumerist values and emancipatory values, which dominate the aspirations and pursuits of the young generation in Poland regarding their personal and the country’s civilizational advancement. A generation pursuing civilizational advancement is currently being formed through the confrontation of cultural and civilizational values with traditional, particular values, as well as with appealing consumer values that are modern and global but lack fundamental significance for the essential aspirations, goals, and life patterns of youth.

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