Open AccessThe Acting Person and “Inactivity”: Sociological Attractiveness of Realism in Constructivist Times
Author(s) -
Aneta Gawkowska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
philosophy and canon law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-2141
pISSN - 2450-4955
DOI - 10.31261/pacl.2021.07.1.03
Subject(s) - attractiveness , alienation , realism , sociology , autonomy , constructivism (international relations) , epistemology , naturalism , social constructivism , constructivist teaching methods , opposition (politics) , social science , psychology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , political science , law , international relations , politics , pedagogy , teaching method
The article presents the analysis of some chosen arguments from Karol Wojtyła’s The Acting Person in consideration of the opposition between the realist and constructivist theoretical standpoints. It ponders the attractiveness of the realist position both for the social and personal dimension of human existence by considering such issues as freedom, autonomy, alienation, truth, receptivity, and community. Finally, it points to the ecological problem of the rightly understood “inactivity,” which is contrasted with the late modern hyperactivity of social constructivism.