Formation and Deformation of the Image of a Human Person – Civilizational Threats Cover Image

Formowanie i deformacja obrazu osoby ludzkiej – zagrożenia cywilizacyjne
Formation and Deformation of the Image of a Human Person – Civilizational Threats

Author(s): Piotr Stanisław Mazur
Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: civilization; man; person; threat; Koneczny; social life;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to indicate threats from civilization to the personalistic image of man. According to the author, the existence of such threats is conditioned by civilization and anthropology. On the one hand, it is the very specificity of a person as a potentialised being, who does not have a direct knowledge of his own essence, which enables the deformation of his image as a person, as well as his or her own. On the other hand, civilization as a method of collective life device (Feliks Koneczny) through law (public and private – marriage, property, inheritance) permanently regulating personal relations has a significant impact on the formation of the image of man. At the same time, civilization is based on permanent metaphysical (creationism or emanationism), anthropological (personalism or community) and social (empiricism or apriorism; organicism or mechanicism) solutions that determine the overall model of social life: personalistic or collectiveness.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 139-151
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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