The vision of postmodern man and Thomistic theory of the person

The Article tries to extract from the available literature a postmodern vision of man, understand him and his efforts to search for identity in an ever-changing world. It is first and foremost the manifestation of that specific antidote for the disease post-modernism convenience or, in the words of Giovanni Reale, ills and “evil afflicting modern man”, that we’ll find in the Thomistic theory of the person. The work includes an introduction, four parts and a conclusion. The first part, Human vision in postmodernism opens with an introduction to postmodernism. Shown are different personalities postmodern and a single phenomenon, as an expression of the glorification of individuality and the freedom of individuals. In the second part, Negative phenomena afflicting human postmodern, we show details about the adverse human phenomena of the world around us. It shows the source and the main issues, such as nihilism, scientism, human identity crisis, the infantile culture and human civilization, excess and lack of civilization and the problem of deteriorating human spiritual condition postmodern. The main emphasis on problems related to materialize, utilitarianism and fragmentation resulting in loneliness, loss of security, loss, anxiety and meaninglessness of life aimlessly, losing any value, negating the difference between good and bad, and true and false. As well as the exclusion of the poor and broken interpersonal relationships in families and social groups, the enslavement of man by the infantile culture, lack of confidence and identity, anti-humanism and spirituality skipping. Emphasized the impact of these phenomena on the health and condition of the human spirit as well as the helplessness of the human person in society risks and also breaking relationships within families and social groups, anti-humanism and skipping spirituality. In the third part, The vision of man as a person is shown Thomistic definitions of the person and the problems associated with the Thomistic vision of man as a person, such as the existence, subjectivity, autonomy and dignity of the person, the personal relations, community of people, a person as a creator of culture and the culture of protecting people. Fourth part, The man recognized as the person in the face of postmodern vision of man, analyzed contents from the second and third part, and confronted them with the Thomistic theory of the person. All this is to show that the Thomistic shot of a man as a person can be helpful in reducing the negative effects of post-modernism and all ills postmodern