The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophy
From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech nation, was in a deep existential crisis closely linked with the spread of irreligiosity. Masaryk gradually came to believe that this crisis c...
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| description | From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech nation, was in a deep existential crisis closely linked with the spread of irreligiosity. Masaryk gradually came to believe that this crisis could be positively overcome on two levels. On a theoretical level, he relied on his specific classification and systematization of the sciences. On a practical level, which was directly based on his notion of positive sciences and a strictly rational scientific approach, it was a matter of developing a new direction and method, which he characteristically conceived of as realism. On the eve of the First World War, Masaryk’s position became understandably radicalized. He distanced himself from a more objectivist view of religion and countered theism with a scientific and philosophical anthropism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a33d49fa06942fab262410d0d171b7b2023-01-19T13:20:31ZengSciendoEthics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)2453-78292022-12-01123-417318210.2478/ebce-2022-0012The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophySvoboda Jan0Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (Czech Republic)From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech nation, was in a deep existential crisis closely linked with the spread of irreligiosity. Masaryk gradually came to believe that this crisis could be positively overcome on two levels. On a theoretical level, he relied on his specific classification and systematization of the sciences. On a practical level, which was directly based on his notion of positive sciences and a strictly rational scientific approach, it was a matter of developing a new direction and method, which he characteristically conceived of as realism. On the eve of the First World War, Masaryk’s position became understandably radicalized. He distanced himself from a more objectivist view of religion and countered theism with a scientific and philosophical anthropism.https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0012crisis of modern man and nationnational emancipationclassification and systematization of sciencesirreligiosityethicshumanismrealismtheismanthropism |
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