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The Time of Paradox. A Time of Redefinition
The Time of Paradox. A Time of Redefinition

Author(s): Maciej Dudziak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: cultural studies; theory of culture; paradox

Summary/Abstract: The author is of the opinion that contemporary times could be described by the con-cept of a paradox forcing a redefinition of the fundamental concepts sanctioning the functioning of what until now would have seemed permanent states of focus of culture. On the one hand the satiated and ostensibly safe Western Civilisation is dealing with ever more problems it has produced for itself, whether in the form of post-colonial legacy that it is having to contend with, or the effects of hazy and inefficient multiculturalism projects, while on the other hand for over a decade, symbolically since the turn of the 21st century, the world has been undergoing frag-mentation, and the tribal sentiments of diverse groups, who previously had no say of their own or were denied the right to have one, are being heard.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-46
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English