Próba typologii myśli katastroficznej
An Attempt at a Typology of Catastrophic Thought

Summary/Abstract: The idea of catastrophism is discussed at the outset, as a pure form of historiosophic pessimism of the end times, and positioned in relation to the idea of crisis. The article goes on to introduce distinctions in catastrophism – in terms of scope (total or particular) and nature of its course (inevitable and irreversible or only hypothetical, alternative). The juxtaposition of the abovementioned catastrophic approaches results in four variants of catastrophic thoughts: 1. consistent total catastrophism; 2. consistent particular catastrophism; 3. alternative total catastrophism and 4. alternative particular catastrophism. These models are then used to formulate the general definition of „catastrophism”.

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