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ZVODNÁ TVÁR NEĽUDSKOSTI

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Hrabovský M.

Filozofia (Philosophy)

2016

vol. 71

issue 3

231 – 239

Despite our growing knowledge about the mass killings and genocides, we are still uncomfortable with the fact that these mass killings were committed by ordinary, decent, normal, and even everyday people. Inhumanity is often seen as an overcome with extreme ideology or falling into the “animal” part of human being, but it is rather a consequence of an uncritical subordination to a false authority, and the desire to build a personal or national „Paradise“ at the expense of the suffering of the others. On the other hand, there are studies that examine the characteristics of the people who stood against the inhumanity and rescued Jews during the Holocaust. These people expressed so called “banal heroism” and their characteristics paradoxically contradict the ideal and obedient citizen. This study will therefore focus on criticism of „normality“ rather than on criticism of the extreme ideologies.

AKTUÁLNE VÝZVY SKÚMANIA TZV. RASOVEJ OTÁZKY A RASIZMU (K PROBLÉMU PÁDU STAREJ PARADIGMY MULTIKULTURALIZMU A PATOVÉMU STAVU V HUMANITNÝCH VEDÁCH V OTÁZKE ARGUMENTOVANIA PROTI RASIZMU)

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Šmihula D., Hrabovský M.

Filozofia (Philosophy)

2015

vol. 70

issue 5

378 – 397

This study deals with the problem of falling of so-called old paradigm, the paradigm of multiculturalism. Firstly, we turn our attention to the actual and, surprisingly enough, political rejection of multiculturalism. Recently, many European countries have faced various problems with their integration policies. Despite the large number of studies on the race, as well as a number of European and international documents and declarations against racism, a paradoxical phenomenon appeared: the concept of race was restored as a “scientific fact”. Although the word race was not explicitly mentioned, the concept of ethnicity offered extensive strategic support for so-called “backward groups”. Humanistic paradigm of legal equality has been replaced by the paradigm of ethnic or racial policies, i.e. policies of collective identity. As it turned out, these policies have failed. The goal of humanistic paradigm was to get rid of the word race´s false scientific aura. Humanistic paradigm as a meta-paradigm has accepted the existence of biological differences among individuals and human populations, but there was no need to take them into account when defending its legitimacy or promoting its ideal. We assert that these problems stem from useless attempts at defending “scientifically” human equality which, however, is not based on scientific evidence, but rather on the ideal of universal equality built up on pillars such as the Christian heritage, western law, and values represented by the human beings’ capability of suffering.

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AKTUÁLNE VÝZVY SKÚMANIA TZV. RASOVEJ OTÁZKY A RASIZMU (K PROBLÉMU PÁDU STAREJ PARADIGMY MULTIKULTURALIZMU A PATOVÉMU STAVU V HUMANITNÝCH VEDÁCH V OTÁZKE ARGUMENTOVANIA PROTI RASIZMU)