Identity and loneliness of human in current socio-economic conditions Cover Image

Identita a osamelosť človeka v súčasných sociálno-ekonomických podmienkach
Identity and loneliness of human in current socio-economic conditions

Author(s): Ján Šlosiar
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research, Politics and Identity
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie
Keywords: Person; Identity; Cultural identity; Loneliness;

Summary/Abstract: Human identity is not only the bond with other people, but also and above all the openness to social surroundings, in which our life gain authentic identity. Person as a human being is opened to everything what is happening in the world and the identity allows him to find in it what is his own, his self and place. Cultural identity features complex phenomenon and is the result of very complicated processes. It is the identity of community, group, because it carries the image of society depicting itself, its historical experiences, it binds into certain language, certain patterns of behavior and is closely related to the rest of identification attributes of the group. To define myself means to find what is meaningful about my distinctness from the others. So I cannot dis-cover my purpose in isolation, in loneliness, but only in dialogical relationship with others and with values of their culture, or in hierarchy of values which are defining culture of whole society.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 207-223
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak