Project of Libertarianism in the Conceptual Interpretation of Postmodernity: Microcosm vs Macrocosm and the “Inbetween Man”
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Project of Libertarianism in the Conceptual Interpretation of Postmodernity: Microcosm vs Macrocosm and the “Inbetween Man” Tetiana VLASOVA
The ambivalence of meanings in the postmodern theories accentuates the hermeneutic interpretation of concepts: the new “cosmic meanings” have changed the world picture in quite a revolutionary way. Though the views on postmodernism are contradictory, of principle importance is the idea that there are some valid “inventions”, which have given meaning to this term; in politics, it is the rise of neoliberalism and libertarianism. Thus, the paper aims to research the interrelation of the “inner” logic of the “free indi- vidual”, his/her micro-and macrocosm in libertarianism with the external political transformations and ideological discourses of postmodernity. The research results show that science and arts allow focusing on the interpretation of the consequences of those phenomena, which are going on at the level of the “political unconscious”. The theorists insist on rethinking the categories of libertarianism: the included concepts are challenging to combine in the principle of the domination of liberty. The focus on libertarianism stipulates the novelty of the research as the postmodern feature, which provides validity to the term “late postmod- ernism”. The new cosmology of the third millennium gives the possibility to use the term “cosmological postmodernism”.
