Selected Aspects of Understanding Culture in the Light of Karol Wojtyła Conception of Subjectivity

Antonius Alex Lesomar

doi:10.18290/rkult24153.4

Published : 2024-10-18

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024)

Selected Aspects of Understanding Culture in the Light of Karol Wojtyła Conception of Subjectivity

Antonius Alex Lesomar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5294-333X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rkult24153.4

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the essence of culture in the view of Karol Wojtyła in relation to his conception of the subjectivity of human person. Culture, as a specific way of human existence and being, is confirmed through the analysis of the problem of subjectivity which it is created through actions as the proper activity of the human person. In the light of the conception of subjectivity, Wojtyła brings to light his notion of the constitution of culture of human work in relation to the transitive actions and human culture or culture of person in relation to the intransitive actions. In this notion, he accentuates the subject and goal of culture that is the human person himself.

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subjectivity, human person, culture, action

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