Idea przedsiębiorczości na tle przeobrażeń kultury mieszczańskiej

Abstract

In my paper I undertake the problem of enterprise examining it in the context of its anthropological and philosophical roots which we should to seek in historical metamorphoses of modern bourgeois culture. Starting point of my analyses is inquiring the religious genesis of the idea of enterprise in protestant ethos of labour and calling which devaluation during the Age of Enlightenment lead to gradually forming the utilitarian model of culture. Consequence of these changes is narrow the axiological horizon of European culture down to quantitative account of man and the world of values instead of its qualitative regarding. Against this background the critical analysis of historical conditions of idea of enterprise allow to perceive the fundamental problem of its contemporary interpretations. This problem can be well expressed as an attempt to define the enterprise attitude that is concentrated on effectiveness and optimization of profits in the light of inadequate philosophical categories such as: subjectivity, liberty, responsibility or dialogue.