Modernism, Mysticism and the Pursuit of Freedom Bringing the initial instinct of the Modernists to its fullment in the model of the Christian mystic

Title variants

PL

Modernizm, mistycyzm i dążenie do wolności - przywołanie początkowego instynktu modernisty do jego spełnienia w modelu chrześcijańskiego mistyka

Abstracts

EN

While one can certainly debate about the forms Modernism (in the artistic sense) manifested itself in and what actually qualied as Modernism, one cannot deny that the desire for freedom was one of its underlying tenets. In the 21 st century it would seem however that the desire for freedom has not been satiated. In the following essay I will explore whether emancipating art from a moral authority achieved the freedom modernist artists so deeply desired and I will question whether severing himself from objective truth the artist was allowed to fully thrive. Comparing Modernist concept's (Stream of consciousness, that art should reect reality and the emphasis on subjectivity etc.) with the fundamentals of Christian mysticism (i.e. the interior life) and by reconciling subjective experience with objective truth through the use of St John Paul II's philosophical anthropology I hope to pose an alternative path to satiate, truly satiate, the Modernist's thirst for freedom.

Keywords

EN

Modernism; Mysticism; Art; Freedom; Christianity; Anthropology; Beauty

PL

Modernizm; Mistycyzm; Sztuka; wolność; chrześcijaństwo; antropologia; piękno

• Publisher: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Chełmie
• Journal: Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 171-191

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

other

Ludmiła Zofia Szczecina

• Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II w Lublinie

• https://orcid.org/0000000345866580

Identifiers

DOI

10.54515/lcp.2021.1.171-191

Biblioteka Nauki

1853756