“To be” or “to have” in the consumerist reality of the postmodern society

Stala, Józef (author)

The spheres of being and having constantly intermingle and condition each other. Is it possible to be and to have? Can a contemporary human be without giving up possessions, or have without losing the opportunity to be? Can an enterprising human being, capable of increasing his fortune, maintain a healthy distance towards his/her wealth? On the other hand, if he/she does not find himself/herself in the realm of the free market, does this automatically mean that he/she is heading towards pure existence? In order to respond to these important, existential questions, the author presents the challenges of the postmodern human being with their identity, then indicates the growth of consumerism and searches for the solution to the dilemma “to be” or “to have” from the perspective of Christian personalism, especially the contributions of Karol Wojtyła.

• Language: English
• Keywords: postmodern human being, identity, consumerism, personalism
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: In print
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 45-54
• Numbering: Letn. 84, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163989
• UDC: 141.144:366
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2024/01/Stala
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206140163
• Publication date in RUL: 15.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: ‚Biti‘ ali ‚imeti‘ v potrošniški realnosti postmoderne družbe

Abstract

Področji biti in imeti se nenehno prepletata in pogojujeta. Ali je mogoče biti in imeti? Ali lahko sodobni človek je, ne da bi se odpovedal imetju, ali ima, ne da bi izgubil možnost biti? Ali lahko podjeten človek, ki je sposoben povečati svoje premoženje, ohrani zdravo distanco do svojega bogastva? Ali po drugi strani, če se ne znajde na področju prostega trga, to avtomatično pomeni, da gre v smer čistega obstoja? Da bi odgovoril na ta pomembna, eksistencialna vprašanja, avtor predstavi izzive postmodernega človeka z njegovo identiteto, nato nakaže rast potrošništva in išče rešitev dileme ‚biti‘ ali ‚imeti‘ z vidika krščanskega personalizma, zlasti z vidika prispevkov Karola Wojtyłe.

• Keywords: postmoderni človek, identiteta, potrošništvo, personalizem