Significance of the Social Vision of Great People in Times of Political Transition

• Authors: Wyszkowski Konrad
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author offers a new approach to a phenomenon of social legends of great individuals from a philosophical point of view. He starts with a presentation of his interpretation of the concept of the Platonic tradition of a divine man and a cult or hagiography of such men in the ideal Platonic state, alongside with an explanation, inspired by Platonic authors. He collates this concept and its justification (rationalization) with today’s social and political reception of axiology, in order to present it as an epiphany of higher values. He collates it also with the results of philosophical reflection on a ductility of history, in order to show it as a prototype of something real in its historical efficiency. The author ends with summary and explanation of his proposal.

Keywords

EN

political philosophy; philosophy of history; nihilism; Neoplatonism; Platonism; moral education; modern reception of axiology

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 22-31

Contributors

author

Wyszkowski Konrad

• University of Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2016002