Nihilism and the Roots of Crisis in American Democracy: A Diagnosis of Cornel West

• Authors: Julian Jeliński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Cornel West’s diagnosis of the crisis of the American democracy is the subject matter of this article. Analyzing the condition of the American democracy of the end of XX and the beginning of XXI centuries, C. West focused on the individual, existential character of the crisis. The diagnosed state had according to him much affect not only on political issues, but first and foremost on the spread of nihilism among American citizens. Nihilism – is understood in the C. West as senselessness of life and low self-esteem is the subject matter of this article.

Keywords

EN

Cornel West, Nihilism, Prophetic Philosophy, American Democracy

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 43-52

Dates

published

2020-01-06

Contributors

author

Julian Jeliński

• University of Wrocław, Faculty of Social Sciences, ul.Koszarowa 3, Wrocław, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20142.43.52