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Aspecte din Capitalul lui Karl Marx și regăsirea unor elemente din geneza „religiilor laice“
Aspects of Karl Marx's Capital and finding some elements of the genesis of "secular religions"

Author(s): Ionuț Adrian Pătularu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: EDITURA ARHIEPISCOPIEI DUNĂRII DE JOS
Keywords: doctrine; extremist; messianism; humanity; typologies; system; opportunity; histoy; symbolism; concept; cultural; extremism; antropologic; life; übermensch; Stakhanov man;

Summary/Abstract: The philosophical, sociological, anthropological doctrinal typologies encountered in the XIX-th and XX-th centuries, with certain obviously extremist tendencies both in terms of left or right have emerged in the history of the humanity as secular forms of “messianism”, which had the mission to save humanity from the injustices it has faced throughout its history. These doctrinal typologies spread the idea of a “messianic“ concept of human imagology and symbolism. Thus, in the vision of the Marxist-communist doctrine, the image of a new man appears to us, a man able to conceive a life in which to assert himself with all the power he has through the offered system, finding the captivating idea of equality in opportunities for each individual. After the germination stage we witness a lynching of the opposition formed especially from the area of the historical Churches, of the intellectuals, of the nobility or of the wealthy peasantry. Relying on this concept, after the spread of the Bolshevik Revolution, the image of the “Stakhanov man” appears, capable of unimaginable physical and material performances, worthy of a superman. This revolutionary and, at the same time, utopian idea, is also found in another form in the right-wing extremism represented by Nazism through the conception of the “übermensch” practiced with so many trumpets by Friedrich Nietzsche in his work.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2023
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 302-316
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian
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