On Threats Resulting from Far Eastern Influences upon the Mass Culture of the West
Andrzej KORCZAK
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw , PolandAbstract
The author claims that the contemporary crisis of the humanities, which, in his view, is rooted in a reductionist vision of the world, has generated in the West a widespread interest in Eastern mysticism. He also points to the fact that Far Eastern influences are transformed so as to appeal to a Western mass audience and, as a shallow pseudo-mysticism, exert a harmful effect on mental health.
Keywords:
crisis of the Western culture, mass culture, Far Eastern influences, psychological threatsKORCZAK, A. (2022). Niebezpieczeństwa zapożyczeń dalekowschodnich w kulturze masowej Zachodu. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 35(2), 180–199. https://doi.org/10.12887/35-2022-2-138-11
Andrzej KORCZAK
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw
