- Author
- Stambulsk Michał (University of Wrocław)
- Title
- The Critique of Ideological Legal Reason
- Source
- Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration & Economics, 2015, vol. 5, nr 1, s. 48-60, bibliogr. 13 poz.
- Keyword
- Ideologia, Demokracja, Prawo
Ideology, Democracy, Law - Note
- summ.
- Abstract
- In the 19th century there was a commonly held myth that there were three elements of European thought - German, French and Anglo-Saxon. German thought was supposedly strictly philosophical and dealt with pure speculation. French thought was political and its domain was action. Anglo-Saxon thought, on the other hand, was preoccupied with economy and focused on usefulness. This division reflects the socialisation and nationalisation of the Aristotelian categories of theoria, praxis, poiesis. But while the Stagirite saw them as analytical in character, arguing that they could be all present simultaneously in the activity of one subject, the national division highlighted their antagonistic and indivisible character and thus consequently the nations directly linked with these categories were seen as unable to change them. Being philosophical, political or economic was in their nature. They also had a teleological character, indicating the ends which people should aspire to. Thus they determined the manner of modernisation to be pursued, which may be attained, respectively, by further developing culture, granting equal rights in the political realm or fulfilling basic needs by economic means. All the remaining geopolitical areas may select one of the three available ways of modernisation. At the same time, the categories, examined together, constituted Europe in terms of culture and geography. (fragment of text)
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- ISSN
- 2084-1264
- Language
- eng
