The Rebirth of Pre-Modern Man: A Journey Beyond the Orbit of the Modern Universe

Abstract

The modern world is founded on the model of a “scientific” prison in which freedom is rad- ically redefined within a mechanistic framework purporting to save people from evil. From within that cage, we are incapable of seeing what is without it without severe distortions. In order to understand the nature of our modern condition, we must question its moral and epistemic roots by seeing them onto a plane of possibilities whereon modern man fac- es pre-modern man as fundamental “other” and partner in dialogue. By encountering the pre-modern as viable alternative to our modern or Machiavellian “ways and orders,” we begin seeing the world, not as a mechanistic shelter against divine authority, but as a poetic place where the divine reveals itself in terms of a secret, though unambiguous activity seated at the heart of all things human.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61439/PLMN3456