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    Published : 2024-10-18
    Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024)

    The Personalistic Concept of Culture of John Paul II. An Attempt at Anthropological Interpretation of Selected Speeches

    Krzysztof Gładkowski

    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-0048

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rkult24153.3

    Abstract

    This article analyses John Paul II’s concept of culture, defining it as “personalistic”. The considerations were based on three basic research questions: Is John Paul II’s concept of culture personalistic? Can John Paul II’s concept of culture be compared with the concepts of culture in cultural anthropology? If so, with which ones? What can a personalistic concept of culture contribute to the theory of cultural anthropology? John Paul II’s Speech delivered on June 2, 1980 at UNESCO is used as the basis for the analysis. The Pope’s other speeches complement the results of the analysis of the Address at UNESCO. It is established that John Paul II’s concept is a personalistic reflection on culture based on philosophical and theological foundations. It can be compared with the ideational concept of culture and the theories of symbolic (interpretive) anthropology. The thought of John Paul II can bring, above all, a holistic concept of man as a corporeal and spiritual being, a creator of culture shaped by culture. The personalistic concept can be a good basis for a full holistic theory of culture based on the concept of a person.

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    personalism, culture, cultural anthropology



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    Roczniki Kulturoznawcze · ISSN 2082-8578 | eISSN 2544-5219 | DOI: 10.18290/rkult

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