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Krátka reflexia k ponímaniu moderny a postmoderny
Brief reflection on modern and postmodern notion

Author(s): Anna Polačková
Subject(s): Political Philosophy
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Postmodern;Modern;Ethics

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with theoretical and conceptual distinction between modernism and postmodernism. Modernism relied on morality defined by a supreme authority whereas the postmodern age refuses indoctrination and intimidation by state mechanism on principle. Postmodern age creates conditions for open society, which promotes unity in cultural, moral, and value difference.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 72-75
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Slovak