Nuo politinio gyvūno prie vidinio asmens: du Alvydo Jokubaičio kūrybos periodai ir jų antropologinės prielaidos

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Alvydas Jokubaitis; Filosofai; Moralė; Etika; Politinė filosofija; Savirealizacija; Philosophers; Morality; Ethics; Political philosophy; Self-actualization.

ENThis article examines the anthropological premises of Alvydas Jokubaitis’s philosophy. His earlier works are based on the conception of humans as political animals, an anthropological theory according to which humans are naturally social beings inclined to act in the public space. His latest book, Politinis idiotas (A Political Idiot), is based on a new anthropological theory, according to which humans are apolitical (or idiotic) animals, who cannot reveal their personalities in the public space and in social roles. This article explains the turn from the earlier anthropological optimism to the later anthropological pessimism as a theoretical answer to a particular issue concerning the nature of unsuccessful practical actions. However, the article also argues that this turn also marks a new tension in Jokubaitis’s philosophy, since the two anthropologies establish different visions of morality and the political. The former vision follows the classical conception of morality and the Schmittian distinction between friends and enemies, while the latter vision develops a personalist view of ethics and prioritises the category of the enemy. This tension cannot be resolved in Jokubaitis’s current works and thus the two different conceptions of the human nature allow us to classify his works into the earlier period and the later period. [From the publication]