Tożsamość jednostki w warunkach kultury indywidualizmu – problem społecznego zaangażowania. Wokół rozważań Richarda Sennetta

Abstract

The text attempts to discuss the thesis of Sennett about the crisis of engagement in the public sphere. The reason is the psychologization process of the human person. The Habermasian theory of personal development (three types of identity) was used for this purpose; it gives the opportunity to discern differences of individuals reacting to the situation of socio-cultural transformations indicated by R. Sennett. The ideas contained in the article conclude with a hypothesis that the negative impact of the culture of individualism associated with the dissemination of the “psychologization” model of the human person relates chiefly to the type of natural identity or the identity of role, which so far did not constitute forces forming a public sphere.