پست مدرنيسم و چالش بحران معناي زندگي

Post Modernism and the Challenge of the Crisis of Life Meaning

مقالۀ پيش رو درصدد است نقش جريان فكري پست مدرن را −با هر تفسير و برداشت و تحليلي كه ارائه شود− در ايجاد بحران معناي زندگي تبيين كند. مروري هرچند كوتاه بر انسانشناسي پست‌مدرن نشان ميدهد كه موضوع «انسان از ولادت تا مرگ» بيش از هر موضوع ديگري نظر فلاسفۀ پست‌مدرن را به خود جلب كرده است. در واقع، مسائل مربوط به قلمرو انسانشناسي از عمده مسائل مورد توجه نظريهپردازان پست مدرن به شمار ميروند. اين مقاله پس از مفهوم شناسي پستمدرنيسم و تبيين زوايايي از سلسله اصول و مواضع انديشۀ پست مدرن به اختصار، ديدگاه برگرفته از اين جريان فكري نسبت به انسان و نقش آن در ايجاد بحران معنا در زندگي را مورد نقد و بررسي قرار ميدهد. از تحقيق حاضر به دست ميآيد كه تنها راه برون‌رفت از بحران مزبور را بايد در تغيير اساسي در نگرش به انسان و زندگي انساني براساس جهانبيني معتبر و باورداشتهاي صحيح، اصيل و پايدار جستجو كرد.

Although several studies have been accomplished in the field of post-modernism and many issues have been offered in relation to the post-modern thought and approach to current problems, events and phenomena so far, none of these studies and efforts have analyzed or criticized post-modernism and its role in producing life meaning crisis in western culture and thought. The present article, relying on Islamic teachings, is going to explain the role of post-modernism – with any interpretation and analysis – in generating life-meaning crisis. A brief look at post-modern knowledge of human being indicates that a subject such as "human being from birth to death" has preoccupied the post-modern philosophers more than anything else. In fact, subjects and items related to knowledge of human being are considered as the most significant issues in the eyes of post-modern theoreticians. Conceptualizing of the term "post-modernism" and explaining its manifesto and principles in brief, the present article evaluates and criticizes post-modern perception of human being and its role in generating life-meaning crisis. The study will come to conclude that the only way to get rid of the above-mentioned crisis is to establish the knowledge of human being on the basis of a valid, genuine and authentic world-view as well as the right, genuine and lasting beliefs.