The concept of engagement
In this paper, we illuminate the basic features of the concept of engagement, which has only become possible in the secular world, with the emergence of the modern individual deprived of any stable, eternal order or hierarchy of values. Still, engagement is not only individual but also coll...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Filozofija i Društvo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2020/0353-57382002177K.pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper, we illuminate the basic features of the concept of engagement,
which has only become possible in the secular world, with the emergence of
the modern individual deprived of any stable, eternal order or hierarchy of
values. Still, engagement is not only individual but also collective, as the
lack of certainty about the truth affects not only the community and society
but also motivates them to follow the same paradigm as the individual -
themselves at stake, without knowing where it could possibly lead, but with
the intention to produce some tangible and stable socio-cosmic structures
that could alleviate man’s uncertainty and thus insecurity. The necessity of
engagement stems from the circumstance that man lives in a context saturated
with meanings that call him out in advance and influence him. Therefore,
engagement means actually acting back to the being-exposed to meanings and
structures that have already affected man and his situation. One section of
the text deals with an understanding of engagement in the contemporary,
“postmodern” era. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-5738 2334-8577 |