Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 81 No. 3, 2011.
Original scientific paper
Individualism as Man's Existential Stronghold. Philosophical-theoretical Observations of Individualism with Relevant Repercussions
Stjepan Radić
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Dakovo, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Abstract
This article deals with the problem of individualism in relation to its contemporariness. The author does so within the framework of four basic headings. Under the first heading the author presents a general philosophical-theoretical framework with regard to post-modern constellation and its individualism. The second heading deals with so-called psycho-therapeutic society whereas in the third heading the author deals with the problem of instrumental minds and individualism related to it. The fourth heading deals with a discussion about individualism with regard to its social-political aspect. The method the author uses during his observations are problematic-analytical during which, as he problematises each of the said elements of individualism, he critically develops the problem both as a notion and contextually. The author's conclusion drawn from the contents of the article is an insight into individualism in its form of autonomy and independence which represents a sort of »support« for contemporary man in which individualism becomes a certain belief through which the contemporary individual creates attitudes. At the same time, however, individualism and its related autonomy become the cause of distance.
Keywords
individualism; autonomy; stronghold; post-modern; psycho-therapeutic society; instrumental mind; technology; liberalism; communitarianism
Hrčak ID:
72518
URI
Publication date:
19.10.2011.
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