Relacje intymne we współczesnym świecie
Intimate Relations in the Present-Day World

Summary/Abstract: Undoubtedly, the recent years have seen a profound socio-cultural change. The core of the change is formed by the category of the individual that is defned as an autonomous subject alienated from traditional affliation and group ties, reflectively acting in a completely new ‘theatre of everyday life’. The new order, called a ‘culture of individualism’, which permeates the present-day society, sets its stamp also on human relations, transforming the intimate sphere. The thematisation of ‘I’, so common nowadays, may appear as an impediment to take care of ‘we’. The phenomenon having a signifcant effect on human relations lays the ground for diffdence, disappointment and a sense of insecurity, providing a framework for today’s ‘emancipated intimacy’. The article is an attempt to capture the changes that take place in the sphere of intimacy in the context of the present-day individualism.

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