Błąd antropologiczny jako podstawa totalitaryzmu
Anthropological error as the basis for totalitarianism

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article notices that discussions on the essence of totalitarianism revolve mostly around: the sphere of distorted political relations, replacing the authority with the dictate of the authorities, monopoly of one party in all spheres of life controlled by such a party. Alternatively, they focus on economic relations, which makes them particularly expressive, yet easily falsifiable. Referring to the reflections of John Paul II, the author notes that the Pope’s diagnosis of the current state of affairs concerning the Copernican revolution in philosophy is immensely interesting and extremely inspiring. It was a revolution in the cognitive sphere but, consequently, it led to the ‘exile’ of God from the real world and rendered Him be perceived as being existing in some other world. The aforementioned exile of God was meant to end with the death of God but this process led, in fact, to the destruction of man. The author states that without reference to the anthropological error it is impossible to understand the essence of moral evil of totalitarianism.

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