Review article

End of history or a new epoch?

Vladimir Jelkić ; Faculty of Philosophy, Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

The author begins his article with the analysis of the term End and with regard to this he analyses the issue of the end of history in Hegel’s philosophy of history. The main body of the article deals with Nietzsche’s reflection of history, which has had a big impact on the contemporary philosophy of history. Accepting Nietzsche’s arguments, the author claims that it is not the end of history but rather an interpretation of it. Citing Adorno, Fucault and Vattimo the author tackles a number of issues regarding the problems of social philosophy and bioethics. He concludes that capitalism will probably become a global system of production and trade, but the West and its values will almost surely not be a global civilization.

Keywords

epoch; philosophy of history; interpretation; power; progress; nihilism

Hrčak ID:

36597

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/36597

Publication date:

26.2.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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