THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS

This text intends to show: First: There is no theoretical unclarity surrounding the notion of the family. Taken together, its definition in Aristotle and St. Augustine is, as it were: perfect, intellec-tually completely satisfying. One could even go so far as to say that this is a truth universally...

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Main Author: Michael Wladika
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Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/ft/article/view/8013
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description This text intends to show: First: There is no theoretical unclarity surrounding the notion of the family. Taken together, its definition in Aristotle and St. Augustine is, as it were: perfect, intellec-tually completely satisfying. One could even go so far as to say that this is a truth universally acknowledged among those familiar with the subject. This is recapitulated with a special stress on theoretical stringency. However, there seem to be many cultured despisers of the family. The force of the zeitgeist runs strong here, and it will not simply go away. Strange developments lead to huge problems surro- unding and resulting from social atomism, anti-institutionalistic and globalistic concepts. This is developed ex negativo, against the background of robust institutionalism. Jürgen Habermas` destructive universalism e.g. can be understood via a concentration on Arnold Gehlen`s institution-theory. The text tries to lead to insight into this syllogism: Man is institutionalist by nature. Globalism or internationalism is intrinsically anti-institutionalist. Globalism or internationalism therefore directly leads to the abolition of man. But, finally: Of course all this can be overcome. The way to transcend the zeitgeist- tendencies is the only necessary institution, the family. The family liberates practically, and it clarifies theoretically.
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spelling doaj.art-332c253195a94f0d913553c91673a4642023-03-13T09:37:04ZdeuWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w OlsztynieForum Teologiczne1641-11962450-08362022-11-012316918010.31648/ft.8013THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMSMichael Wladika0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-695XITI Catholic University, Trumau (Austria) and University of Vienna (Austria)This text intends to show: First: There is no theoretical unclarity surrounding the notion of the family. Taken together, its definition in Aristotle and St. Augustine is, as it were: perfect, intellec-tually completely satisfying. One could even go so far as to say that this is a truth universally acknowledged among those familiar with the subject. This is recapitulated with a special stress on theoretical stringency. However, there seem to be many cultured despisers of the family. The force of the zeitgeist runs strong here, and it will not simply go away. Strange developments lead to huge problems surro- unding and resulting from social atomism, anti-institutionalistic and globalistic concepts. This is developed ex negativo, against the background of robust institutionalism. Jürgen Habermas` destructive universalism e.g. can be understood via a concentration on Arnold Gehlen`s institution-theory. The text tries to lead to insight into this syllogism: Man is institutionalist by nature. Globalism or internationalism is intrinsically anti-institutionalist. Globalism or internationalism therefore directly leads to the abolition of man. But, finally: Of course all this can be overcome. The way to transcend the zeitgeist- tendencies is the only necessary institution, the family. The family liberates practically, and it clarifies theoretically.https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/ft/article/view/8013institutionalismglobalismfamilynatural lawaristotlest. augustinearnold gehlenjürgen habermas
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THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
Forum Teologiczne
institutionalism
globalism
family
natural law
aristotle
st. augustine
arnold gehlen
jürgen habermas
title THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
title_full THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
title_fullStr THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
title_full_unstemmed THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
title_short THINKING THE FAMILY: INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS GLOBALISM. THEORETICAL CLARITY, STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS & HUGE PROBLEMS
title_sort thinking the family institutionalism versus globalism theoretical clarity strange developments huge problems
topic institutionalism
globalism
family
natural law
aristotle
st. augustine
arnold gehlen
jürgen habermas
url https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/ft/article/view/8013
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