Social freedom and dignity of the human person according to Nikolai Berdyaev
Contemporary European democracies, and liberalism in particular, are established upon the foundations of humanism. Humanism, as its name entails, denotes the elevation of the human being and setting up of the person to the centre of the universe. Humanism was a reaction against the mediaeva...
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| description | Contemporary European democracies, and liberalism in particular, are
established upon the foundations of humanism. Humanism, as its name entails,
denotes the elevation of the human being and setting up of the person to the
centre of the universe. Humanism was a reaction against the mediaeval view
of the omnipotent and omniscient God, and seeks an understanding of the
human being that would fulfil his/her intuitive desire for genuine human
dignity. What kind of freedom would be sufficient and adequate for true
human dignity? Faced with this radical understanding of freedom, which
originates from, and is dictated by, the deepest realms of the human being,
most humanist thinkers chose to reject both God and the idea of the divine
icon. Humanism denied man’s divine sonship and proclaimed that man is the
son of nature. Hence, Humanism not only declared man’s self-confidence, but
it also debased him, by defining him as a product of natural necessity.
Liberalism, argues the Russian philosopher Berdyaev, has created a
‘single-plane’ being, it has separated the citizen from the integral
personality, by refusing to admit the spiritual dimension of the human
being. Berdyaev stresses that true freedom cannot be simply a formal
self-defence, but that it must rather lead to creative activity. This is why
the transition is inevitable from formal liberty, which protects us and
defends us, to true freedom capable not only of creatively transforming the
human society but also of creating a new world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46c5762163d14b1db4578db7e6ab80e52024-04-10T10:16:06ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772023-01-0134467068010.2298/FID2304670K0353-57382304670KSocial freedom and dignity of the human person according to Nikolai BerdyaevKnežević Romilo Aleksandar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-9198Innovation Center of the University of Niš, Department for Literary Theory, Philology Faculty, University of BelgradeContemporary European democracies, and liberalism in particular, are established upon the foundations of humanism. Humanism, as its name entails, denotes the elevation of the human being and setting up of the person to the centre of the universe. Humanism was a reaction against the mediaeval view of the omnipotent and omniscient God, and seeks an understanding of the human being that would fulfil his/her intuitive desire for genuine human dignity. What kind of freedom would be sufficient and adequate for true human dignity? Faced with this radical understanding of freedom, which originates from, and is dictated by, the deepest realms of the human being, most humanist thinkers chose to reject both God and the idea of the divine icon. Humanism denied man’s divine sonship and proclaimed that man is the son of nature. Hence, Humanism not only declared man’s self-confidence, but it also debased him, by defining him as a product of natural necessity. Liberalism, argues the Russian philosopher Berdyaev, has created a ‘single-plane’ being, it has separated the citizen from the integral personality, by refusing to admit the spiritual dimension of the human being. Berdyaev stresses that true freedom cannot be simply a formal self-defence, but that it must rather lead to creative activity. This is why the transition is inevitable from formal liberty, which protects us and defends us, to true freedom capable not only of creatively transforming the human society but also of creating a new world.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2023/0353-57382304670K.pdffreedomhumanismliberalismgod’s omnipotenceimago deihuman dignitypersonindividual |
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