Volume 55 (2000), 1

The rise of the modern world has been from its beginning on accompanied by the reflections on the decline of culture. The breakdown of the traditional behavioural norms used to be related to the rise od political crimiality, which until recently seemed to have replaced the religious fanatism, inquisition and Crusades. It seeems today, that we wittness the end of… Read more

The paper examines the justifiability of the triadic structure of humans. On the ontological level the unialistic basis is sufficient. Neither does the triadic principle correspond to the ontic level, where the basic duality between the original (old) natural man and a new pneumatic one is valid. In this contradictory unity the old man serves as a visible symbol… Read more

The paper sheds light on the dialogical conception of the theory of literature of Peter V. Zima formulated in his book Literarische Äesthetik (The Literary Aesthetics). The author labels Zima's conception as moderate kantianism or moderate constructionism. He highly appreciates Zima's three capital sins which should be avoided in humanities (i. e."naturalism",… Read more