Progress and Reversions: Movement in the Hermeneutic Circle of Culture

• Authors: Rosińska Zofia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this essay I present culture as a realm constituted by a circular movement where progress is constantly confronted (and questioned) by different forms of reversions. By progress I mean specifically oriented changes we observe in culture. Many of them are rooted in the development of technology and science, or stem from demographical changes and intercultural influences. Reactions to these changes frequently involve returning to certain forms of behavior or responses that were common in the past but have been later abandoned. I intend to present examples of this phenomenon observed in culture.

Keywords

EN

culture; progress; reversion; hermeneutic circle; desire for continuity

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 76-85

Dates

published

2020-11-05

Contributors

author

Rosińska Zofia

• Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14394/eidos.jpc.2020.0032