Abstract
The twentieth century is a contradiction-ridden time. Without warning it combines grandiose Utopias and apocalyptic reasonings. It bottles up tragic contradictions, a feeling of insecurity, at times manifestations of despair and feverish activity. In the eyes of a considerable part of society man has lost his divine image, his place in the system of universal value. Consciousness of the loss of sense, the loss of absolute values forms a peculiar background for the cultural processes of the twentieth century. It is this loss of sense that may be the basis for its dualistic and even tragic vision of the world.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, Kant Werke, Bd. 2 (Leipzig: Verlag von Felix Meiner, 1906), p. 61.
I. Kant, Kritik der reinen Vernunft, Werke, Bd. I, p. 49.
I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, op. cit., p. 39.
I. Kant, Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, Werke, Bd. 3, op. cit., p. 38.
I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, op. cit., p. 43.
I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, op. cit., p. 109.
I. Kant, Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, op. cit., p. 38.
Ibid., p. 29.
G. Simmel, Kant Sechzehn Vorlesuugen gehalten au der Berliner Universität 5. Aufl. (Munich and Leipzig: Duncker und Humblot, 1921), p. 2
I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, op. cit., p. 205.
Entretien sur le mal avec Jean-Luc Nancy. Apertura. Collection de Recherche Psychoanalytic. Vol. 5, 1991. Perversion. Springer-Verlag, p. 30.
Ibid.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kulis, R. (2000). Reflections on the Everlasting and the Transient or the Road to the “Freed Field of Light”. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) The Origins of Life. Analecta Husserliana, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4058-4_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4058-4_19
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-5786-8
Online ISBN: 978-94-011-4058-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive