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DOES THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION TEND TO A GLOBAL WILDNESS?
Wiesław SZTUMSKI1
Civilization Changes and Technology
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Keywords: civilization, progress, wildness, barbarism, new-slavery, democracy, competition, dehumanization
Abstract At a certain time, Western civilization has dominated the world mainly due to the progress of knowledge and technology. It was more favorable to social development in modern and contemporary times than other civilizations. It was better, because it had an arsenal of "six secret weapons": democracy, the progress of science, medical progress, work ethic and competition. Western empires do everything in order to this civilization became the only one global civilization in the future. This fully corresponds to their economic and political interests. However, it might not go. Theese weapon becomes less and less effective. The progress of science and medicine, democracy, and work ethos are in crisis and rapidly degraded. This causes the dehumanisation, new-slavery and a new-barbarism. Due to fierce competition, the social relations increasingly are characterized by hostility and hatred, despite appeals for charity and mercy. People and their behaviors become wild. There is a fashion for wildness in various forms and aspects. It seems that Western civilization will lead to a return to the system of wildness, but in worse form.
Silesian University, Katowice, Poland
E-mail: ws34@op.pl