Outsiderzy wśród barbarzyńców. Studium z zakresu etyki społecznej

• Authors: Frątczak Anna

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Barbarians and Outsiders

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The notions of „barbarian” and „barbarity” seem to have abandoned the mainstream social sciences and contemporary political thought; The author attempts to signalise that the category is still vivid and plays an essential role in the debate on cultural threats, though, it has taken new forms. A. Maclntyre objects to the idea that a person can be abstracted from his cultural context: every person is one of the bearers of the tradition. The new„internal” (as opposed to „external”) barbarian seems to be a figure with no references to the past and present tradition, and thus not interested in contextual practices of the community. An outsider, a benevolent fugitive from the commercial market society, may be, in this context, the only bearer of the tradition and thus the only figurę who can effectively prevent the disintegration of underclass communities. To support the argument the authors refers to the activity of a certain local association.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
• Journal: Państwo i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 57-64

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Frątczak Anna