The Acting Person and “Inactivity”: Sociological Attractiveness of Realism in Constructivist Times

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https://doi.org/10.31261/PaCL.2021.07.1.03

Słowa kluczowe:

inactivity, participation, alienation, realism, constructivism, social theories

Abstrakt

The article presents the analysis of some chosen arguments from Karol Wojtyła’s The Acting Person in consideration of the opposition between the realist and constructivist theoretical standpoints. It ponders the attractiveness of the realist position both for the social and personal dimension of human existence by considering such issues as freedom, autonomy, alienation, truth, receptivity, and community. Finally, it points to the ecological problem of the rightly understood “inactivity,” which is contrasted with the late modern hyperactivity of social constructivism.

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Opublikowane

2021-07-23

Jak cytować

Gawkowska, A. (2021). The Acting Person and “Inactivity”: Sociological Attractiveness of Realism in Constructivist Times. Philosophy and Canon Law, 7(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/PaCL.2021.07.1.03