WHERE IS CULTURE HEADING? CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON STEFAN MORAWSKI'S PROPOSALS

Abstract

In this article, I present the position of Stefan Morawski – one of the most eminent Polish aestheticians and philosophers of art – on culture and its axiological dimension. On the other hand, I critically verify what culture’s central diagnosis is: a cultural crisis. I believe that to reach such a goal, I need to present the following central issues that make up this position: an understanding of the concept of culture and civilization; the ontology of value; an understanding of the cultural and civilizational crisis; Morawski’s typology of this crisis; and Morawski’s suggestionsas to what distinctive features of culture testify to its crisis. This, I think, creates the opportunity to try to answer the question posed in the title: Where is contemporary culture heading?