Elementy ateistycznego marksizmu etycznego w dzisiejszej kulturze

Abstract

The starting point of the article is the thesis that Marxist ideology created in the 19th century was realized in the communism of the 20th century. Then we have identified the areas of its further influence: (1) an ideological way of thinking rooted in the dialectics of contemporary media which direct consequence is the Postmodernism characterized by the fatalism of dialectical thinking and the existential scepticism; (2) the constant development of post-Marxist anthropology which treats a human being as a “one-dimensional man”, who can only rely on himself; this way of thinking is connected with the Marxist idea of “earthly salvation”, ultimately leading to the loss of hope; (3) in the culture the emergence of a specific “mechanism of salvage” from difficulties which is very important for many poor people living in the times of “quick transformations.” The article ends with an analysis of the causes and effects of the deformation of human conscience, which arises in the discussed context.