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Some thoughts about Ulrich Beck /part 2/

The risk issue is directly related to the rapid industrialization and unpredictable unintentional consequences of modernization. Risk is the result of modernization

Some thoughts about Ulrich Beck

The name of Ulrich Beck is a hint of the publication of the Risky Society (1992). Two years later he published "Reflexive Modernization" (1994);

Some thoughts about Erich Form /part 3/

The second leading idea of ​​Erich Form is the existence of existential needs in human structures. It distinguishes five existential needs:The need to establish

Some thoughts about Erich Form /part 2/

So the progress of individuality and freedom is accompanied by uncertainty and personal insignificance. One faces a dilemma: the "unseen" freedom and,

Some thoughts about Erich Form

Erich Form was born in a Jewish family. Interestingly, he was considered a non-Frenchman. The subject of irrationality and destructiveness became later fundamental

Some thoughts about José Ortega-i-Gasset /last part/

Culture turns out to be a tool to "de-naturalize" man, and fantasy is the original ability to do so. Here comes the power and weakness of man. culture

Some thoughts about José Ortega-i-Gasset /part 2/

Man is a life in constant employment and concern. Because the being of man is a drama, as he is responsible for the choice (which is a choice of uncertainties with

Some thoughts about José Ortega-i-Gasset

The subject of man is the starting point for the teachings of José Ortega-i-Gasset because, in his view, one can not reason over being without defining what (the

Some thoughts about Immanuel Kant /last part/

According to Kant , wars are an expression of antagonism (opposition) between states.War is a natural thing, and peace is not. Therefore, according to Kant, one

Social Philosophy of Karl Marx /last part/

The tools of labor are improved in the slavery (including people). Still, there is no personal interest in increasing labor productivity, so labor productivity is

Some thoughts about Freud /last part /

There are conflicts between the Self and the Over-Self, because often what a person wants is not what they have to do.The self is suppressed by reality, by the Overself

Socio-philosophical ideas in Max Weber's teachings /last part/

Rational type of dominance (legal) - typical of a modern type of developed capitalism. Obedience is not to personalities, but to procedures, laws (to something

Some thoughts about Freud /part 2/

There are three instances of the personality structure: It, I and the Over-Me.The area of ​​the unconscious is denoted by the term "it". Freud characterizes

Some thoughts about Immanuel Kant /part 2/

image source How can one know nature: "Nature is organized through cognitive forms (categories) of reason." A person as a natural being obeys these categories

Hegel's socio-philosophical ideas

Hegel's socio-philosophical ideas Main works - "Phenomenology of Spirit", "Science Logic", "Philosophy of History", "Aesthetics"

Adam Smith's Social Philosophy

Adam Smith's Social Philosophy Adam Smith (1723-1790), born in Scotland. He examines the economic foundations of society. Basic essay: "The Wealth of Nations".

New Time: Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. /part 2/

Rousseau's main ideas: According to him, history is not progress, but degradation. He thinks that initially humans were naturally equal and free beings. The differences

New Time: Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Montesquieu. His idea of ​​separation of powers ("For the spirit of law"). According to him, a society, in order to be fair, needs three authorities -

New Time: Thomas Hobs, John Locke

Thomas Hobbs. Key ideas in Leviathan: the state is a rescue for the human race; man by nature is selfish, by nature seeks the ability to dominate over others; everyone

Some thoughts about Nicholas Machiavelli

Nicholas Machiavelli (1469-1527) - is known for his two works: "The Prince" and "Lectures on Titus " Machiavelli secularises politics (it frees