PERSONALISTYCZNA KONCEPCJA KULTURY JANA PAWŁA II. PRÓBA INTERPRETACJI ANTROPOLOGICZNEJ WYBRANYCH PRZEMÓWIEŃ
THE PERSONALISTIC CONCEPT OF CULTURE OF JOHN PAUL II. AN ATTEMPT AT ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF SELECTED SPEECHES

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses John Paul II’s concept of culture, defining it as “personalistic”. The con-siderations were based on three basic research questions: Is John Paul II’s concept of culturepersonalistic? Can John Paul II’s concept of culture be compared with the concepts of culture incultural anthropology? If so, with which ones? What can a personalistic concept of culture con-tribute to the theory of cultural anthropology? John Paul II’s Speech delivered on June 2, 1980 atUNESCO is used as the basis for the analysis. The Pope’s other speeches complement the resultsof the analysis of the Address at UNESCO. It is established that John Paul II’s concept is a per-sonalistic reflection on culture based on philosophical and theological foundations. It can becompared with the ideational concept of culture and the theories of symbolic (interpretive) an-thropology. The thought of John Paul II can bring, above all, a holistic concept of man as a corpo-real and spiritual being, a creator of culture shaped by culture. The personalistic concept can be agood basis for a full holistic theory of culture based on the concept of a person.

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