Conservative critics of humanitarianism. Second part Max Scheler, Hannah Arendt

Abstract

In the second part of the series of articles devoted to criticism of humanitarinism   will be presented the position of M. Scheler and H. Arendt. Scheler focuses on   showing the fundamental difference between Christian ethics and the Enlightenment   egalitarianism, thus between the spiritual Christian love and the secular   love of humanity. Hannah Arendt carries out the criticism of economization and   the „socialization” of contemporary politics. She fits the ethos of humanity in the   broader context of social and political change, blaming its „guilt” for the collapse   of the public sphere and errors of modern revolution, which missed its „true”   emancipatory potential.