Human Nature in the Post-Modern Era: Toward a Theory of Instinctual Flourishing

• Authors: Block James E.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The question of human nature has not been effectively addressed in our time be-cause of great skepticism in the academic and philosophical discourses about the idea of social progress and the validity of a common humanity. As a result the question has been reduced by neoliberalism, biopsychology, and social psychology to demonstrating the malleability of humans in response to hierarchical, biological, or social-conformist pressures. To recover the concept of human nature it will be necessary to reconceptual-ize the dynamic of human development as a feature of the modern and late modern achievements of a more evolved vision of individuality and community.

Keywords

EN

human nature; neoliberalism; social psychology; biopsychology; adaptation; human development

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 162-170

Contributors

author

Block James E.

• DePaul University, U.S.A.