Negaxiologies of the public sphere. Social anomie, apathy and atomy – in the circle of the mono(seo)cracy

Abstract

In this paper I concern a phenomenon of negaxiologies characteristic for the postmodern epoch. It means some negative axiologies or axiologies of negative values. Among them it can be distinguished a lot of methods, approaches and tendencies. The part of them is more detailed, the other one more general. To the detailed negaxiological strategies belong: commercialism, consumerism, thinking only in an economic way, mercantile system, financial capitalism, hedonitrophism, competitivism, creativism, innovationism, the pressure on effectiveness, expansionism, individualism, rankingaphilia, certificataholism, professionalism, panactivism, the law inflation, amoral familism, the tendency to creating a positive image. Among the more general negaxiological approaches it should be mentioned at least three: anomie, apathy, atomy. Anomie means the disintegration of social bonds; apathy – the moral insensitivity; atomy – that in postmodern societies everyone prefers living alone without thinking about such categories like the common good. The only thing which is positively regarded is someone’s individual benefit. It leads us to the conclusion that the postmodern axiology, which can be identified with the term negaxiology, is immanently oriented at promotion of loneliness as a key value.