The Relentlessness of the Form: On the Fall of a Certain Type of Culture
Dorota CHABRAJSKA
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , PolandAbstract
An essay addressing the phenomenon of the expansion, in today’s world and in particular in Poland, of the formal conditions which need to be fulfilled so that an (individual or collective) subject may fully participate in social and public life, as well as in broadly conceived culture. The expansion of the formal aspect of public life is accompanied by a gradual decline of values and principles which, for centuries, made the development of the Western culture possible. Among them, are: truth, subjectivity, freedom, responsibility, and trust. In Poland, the phenomenon in question comes to light in particular in the functioning of educational institutions, above all universities.
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formalism, formalization of public life, responsibility, subjectivityCHABRAJSKA, D. (2018). Bezwzględność formy. O upadku pewnego typu kultury. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 31(4), 319–324. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/ethos/article/view/19588
Dorota CHABRAJSKA
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
