Volume 43 (1988), 4

The paper is concerned with the investigation of non-Marxist starting points of conceptions of culture that have been formed in the course of the 20th century. As the most important ones are quoted philosophical conceptions, constructed upon the heritage of Hegel, Kant and representatives of the philosophy of life. Starting from this heritage, three important… Read more

In the paper some aspects of the function of self-reflection from the viewpoint of its relation to human activity are analyzed. The question, such as how the contradiction between the aim and the result of activity influences the character of changes in the strategy of activity, is opposed, alternatively, what is the connection between activity, cognition and… Read more

Problems of specificity of aesthetic values are not solved consistently in Marxist theory, although all authors are based on the works of K. Marx. V. Brožík’s idea of the „value of the sign“ as the base of aesthetic value is incentive. We consider, however, the value of the sign only as an individual „usefulness“ of the phenomenon; its social character is… Read more

In the paper the author points to the contradictory analysis of Marx’s concept of the „law of beauty“ in contemporary aesthetics. He starts from the theoretical-historical situation of the first half of the 19th century, especially from the spiritual context of the German classical aesthetics which corresponds directly with the given notion. The author is based on… Read more