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A RADOIOGRAPHY OF PRESENT VALUES

Ana-Maria SUSAN 1)1) Henri Coand Air Force Academy, Braov, Romania, E-mail: anamaria.s san!"o#mail.com

Abstract : As #ime $asses %e reveal a $osi#ion a&ains# %"a# li'e (rin&s, val es are &iven o#"er namesand %e ( ild a di''eren# re'erence sys#em in order #o delimi# #oday s socie#y. *oderni+a#ion "as (ro &"# ne%sys#ems o' val es and di''eren# %ays o' $erceivin& c l# re. n order #o reveal serio s diseases o' o r socie#y,#"is $a$er deals %i#" #"e necessi#y o' $erennial val es and c l# re, #"e im$or#ance o' ( ildin& a serio ssys#em o' val es and #"e in'l ence #"a# moderni+a#ion "as over $eo$le.

K ! "#r$s% c l# re, li id moderni+a#ion, $erennial val es, socie#y iss es.

1& Intr#$'cti#n

i'e is a series o' in#erac#ions (e#%een#"e individ al and o#"ers, (e#%een #"eindivid al and #"e s rro ndin& o(/ec#s, (e#%een#"e individ al and "imsel', and, also a s m o' c"oices #"a# a''ec# #"ese rela#ions"i$s. Everyday %e 'ace ne% si# a#ions o' li'e, ne%

$ro(lems (rin& in#o es#ion n0no%n iss esand in order #o solve #"em %e o'#en # rn #o a

support system #"a# serves o r #"in0in& and o r %ay o' (ein&. "e even#s accr in& in o r everyday li'e is no# a(sol #e coincidence.

"ro &"o # li'e %e clin& #o conce$#s desi&ned#o accom$any o r in#eres#s in order #o ac"ieveo r &oal. "ese $rinci$les and 'i2ed ideas 3or less 'i2ed) are called val es. 4 r "is#ory is

(ased on val es %"ic" "ave (een s mmed $over #ime, and are no#"in& ( # #"e s (/ec# o' adesire 567.

(& T Va*' s in t Li+'i$ M#$ rnit!8al es re$resen# the importance or

significance attributed by individuals or groupsof ways to be or to act upon persons or contexts

present or future conduct in a particular field of activity 597. d%i& r n(er& said #"a# val esinvolve some#"in& #o a$$recia#e and someone ina $osi#ion #o a$$recia#e 5;7

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s (/ec#ive, varies (y individ al and si# a#ionand is lin0ed #o #"e sa#is'ac#ion o' needs. @e%er val es are si&"#ed as #ime s#a# s.

*oderni+a#ion o' c rren# socie#y is aclic" , #"e c rren# moderni+a#ion as Ba man

y&m n# re'lec#ed reveals #"e #ransi#ion 'rom solid #o fluid 'rom hard #o easy and 'romcondensed #o diffuse 517. *o(ili#y is $rovidin&

$o%er.Cons#r c#s mean# #o "el$ man in#o

&ivin& a sense 'or a moral li'e, val es re'lec#"o% #"e socie#y c"ooses i#s leaders. For%ard,c rren# develo$men#s accordin& comm nica#ionin#o socie#y are &oin& #"ro &" #o an overallsys#em 'lo% mar0ed (y social and $oli#icalrela#ions. os#modern Era $riori#i+es moraldilemmas, social $ress res, emo#ional con'lic#sand $oli#ical $ress res #"a# &ive ano#"er dimension #o #"e ' # re. i id *oderni#y ismel#in& s#r c# res and val es o' socie#y in#o amoral rela#ivism, aes#"e#ic, reli&io s, co&ni#iveas a res l# o' disin#e&ra#ion o' social ne#%or0s,'amily, s#reamlinin& ed ca#ion, #radi#ions,res$onsi(ili#ies and social rela#ions. ?e are no#o$era#ed %i#" hard values(perennial values) ,ens"rined in #"e c l# re, (eca se #"ey are nolon&er a$$recia#ed (ein& o r "is#oric #ies. ime%as #"e 'irs# #"a# "as los# val e. n #"e a(senceo' valid and real val es %e a$$eal #o #ric0s inorder #o cease the moment . ?e are livin& in a&ray s"ado%, meas rin& #"e $resen# in order #o'i# in#o a (enc"mar0 o' e''iciency, o #linin& #"ec rren# " man $redilec#ion 'or ins#an# li'e.

,& T a*' s!st .s in ist#rica* c#nt /ts>o %e are #al0in& a(o # a di''erence o'

val es 567 a##ri( #ed #o #"e "is#orical con#e2#.

"is se$ara#ion "i&"li&"#s (o#" advan#a&es anddisadvan#a&es. C l# ral $ro&ress, individ al'reedom and social #olerance are $osi#ivedirec#ions #"a# 'ollo% #"e val es, ( # once #"ese$ara#ion "a$$en also disr $# socie#y val es.?e lose #"e sense o' %"ole in 'ron# o' li'e, andi#s red cin& comes loadin& conscio sness o' modern man. "is iss e is a ma##er o' c l# ralalso as dor 8ian says : Our culture is not ascentral tendency of modern human culture is to

strive towards the periphery 567. 8al e sys#ems

"ave a $oor s#a(ili#y (eca se " man na# re iseasy a(le #o nderline $ro$ensi#y in order #o

a''ec# #"e (alance. >edlmayr 5D7 #al0s a(o #c"an&e #"a# #a0es $lace on a rela#ions"i$ %i#"#"e sacred and #"e " man #ranscendence do%nmo#iva#ed (y ar#.

8al es are conce$#s #"a# (elon& #o #"e

" man (ein& and i#s essence. As Erns# Cassier s#a#es in An ssay on !an: verything happens man out is null and void (...) the onlything that counts is the aspiration" the inner attitude of the soul . o re# rn #o #"e sym(olval es, #"e $erennial val es %e s"o ld s#ar# %i#"o rselves. ?e m s# "eal o rselves #o "eal all o'

s. "e socie#y c rren#ly s ''ers a lac0 o' mo#iva#ion, a lac0 o' models. "e old c l# ral

$a##erns are e2$ec#ed #o (e ( ried in a " &e (a+aar o' #itsch .

"e niverse "as a $ra&ma#ic dimension (ased on val es o' $ossession 3%orldly &oods)e2acer(a#es $ersonal $ride and $romo#e em$#y'eelin&. enyin& od, man is li0ely, #"a# a# #"eend o' #"is road only #o mee# "imsel' andno#"in& else, #"a# is #o 'or&e# all #"e s$iri# alas$ira#ions %"ic" "as driven so many cen# ries,and moral (e"avior: humanity would beunified in one immense army" one immense

factory" would be aware only of heroisms"disciplines" inventions" would denounce all freeand disinterested activity" would long cease to

situate the good outside the real world" would have no $od but itself and its desires" and would achieve great things% by which & meanthat it would attain to a really grandiose control over the matter surrounding it" to a really

'oyous consciousness of its power and its grandeur. And istory will smile to thin# that this is the species for which ocrates and *esus+hrist died. 5 7.

"e man %as (esie&ed (y ina(ili#y #oconceive #"e a(sol #e. "is disa(ili#y en#i#les"im #o reno nce a# od 'or scien#i'icdiscoveries, #o re$lace #"e es#ion mar0 %i#"an a(s rd #"eory dis& ised in com$lica#edcalc la#ions and ' nc#ions. *ay(e i# is #"e sin o' con#em$orary socie#y. ?e are movin& #o%ards

$er'ormance and $ro&ress ( # leave (e"indiss es #"a# %e "ave n r# red o r s$iri# ale2is#ence. ?e need comm nica#ion #o ( ild"i&"%ays, #oo many and #oo com$lica#edG %e

"ave o$ened #"e road #"ro &" comm nica#ion

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( # every #ime %e ca$ in 'ron# o' (arriers %e dono# nders#and.

dor 8ian &ave a &rea# im$or#ance #o #"erela#ion (e#%een c l# re = civili+a#ion and val es= &oods. n val es #"eory, 8ian s#resses #"a# any

de'ini#ion o' c l# re m s# ac"ieve #"ree levels: ana# ral s (s#ra#e, a & idin& val e crea#ion and#"e crea#ive ac# i#sel'. Ho%ever, #"e Romanian

$"iloso$"er is #"e 'irs# #o dis#in& is", (e#%eenval es and &oods, (e#%een #"e ideal and i#s

$"ysical meanin& and $rac#ical s $$or#.issocia#in& $ro$er#y val es, %e come #o mar0

a se# o' di''erences (e#%een c l# re andcivili+a#ion. C l# re is #"e &rea# so rce o' iden#i#y. no%led&e, #ec"ni es 'ormed a

$riva#e s#r c# re, %"ic" %e call civili+a#ion.Civili+a#ion is sin& lar and means "o% #o

$rod ce %eal#" and i# is a so rce o' $o%er.C l# res #ell s %"o %e are and %"a# sense %ea##ri( #e #o li'e and o r civili+a#ion is a'avora(le "a(i#a# and $rod ce %eal#". Al(er#Eins#ein c"arac#eri+e o r con#em$orary socie#yas "avin& $er'ec# #ools ( # va& e &oals. Hisasser#ion s r$rises #"e essence o' #"e crisis #"emodern and $os#modern %orld is crossin&. #

(alances #"e reso rces 3#ec"nical civili+a#ion)and #"e &oals 3ideal 'ield o' c l# re). C"an&eand evol #ion "ave al%ays (een #"e main

$ r$ose o' man0ind, al#"o &" some c"an&es"ave led #o #"e desired develo$men#alre&ression. evelo$men# o' science and#ec"nolo&y "ave demanded a conscio snessa##i# de in order #o in#er$re# #"e evol #ionary

$rocesses, se# &oals and de'ine meanin&s. 4 r #ime "as o'#en deno nced #"e "e&emony o' scien#i'ic ra#ionalism, ins#r men#al val es&ainin& &ro nd in 'ron# o' #"e moral and

s$iri# al val es. >ed ced (y #"e cyclical $er'ormance o' 0no%led&e and #ec"nolo&y,#oday %e 'el# $rey #o irre$ara(le diseases, as#"eoris#s say. ?e #al0 a(o # #"e s"i'# 'rom

$erennial val es #o 'l c# a#in& val es, anerosion o' #"e sys#ems o' val es. "is $as#e, #"is%"ole ns#r c# red &a#"ered "is 'ollo%ers

$rovidin& a #erri#ory %"ose (orders %ill $ass acon#in o s $rocess o' recon'i& ra#ion. As aclosin& circle, #"e socie#y e2$eriences #"e val e,is addin& ndo and recrea#es #"e same ' nd

'inally

0& #nc*'si#n #r t a*' s s!st .s in 2r#nt#2 3*#ba*i4ati#n

"e im$lemen#a#ion o' an eco-ind s#rial $ar0 ?e avoid #al0in& a(o # val es, or i' %e doi# %e o'#en #al0 a(o # non-conven#ional ones,

#"e ones #"a# sell an ima&e and no# #"e onere irin& a lon& and $a#ien# e''or# ( #, o #sideo' morali#y and es$ecially r n o # o r c l# raliden#i#y. lo(ali+a#ion re$resen#s "o$e and #r s#in a %orld order 'or #"e ones #"a# really don #0no% #"e real ans%er. oday s socie#y is acons mer and #"ere'ore is very close #o %"a# #"emedia &ives. lo(ali+a#ion %or0s nder #"e

$rinci$le o' divide et impera , $rovided #"a# %eare inclined #o (elieve #"a# &oin& #o anes#a(lis"men#.

ns#ead o' see0in& clari#y and com'or#,%e $l n&ed in#o nneeded s$iri# al $"eaval.?e sed #o $lay %i#" #"e conce$#s n#il #"ey"ave sli$$ed #"ro &" o r 'in&ers. i0e modelci#i+ens o' #"e cen# ry, %e snor# nose %"en#al0in& a(o # #"e villa&e, 'ai#" or #radi#ion.

ns#ead, %e c"ose #o live in s$ace and in #ime $oisoned %i#"o # #ime 'or "olidays. ?e 'inis"in#o cryin& #o eac" o#"er, in #"e middle o' %"a#%e call modern civili+a#ion, #"a# %e are 'ree and"ave ri&"#s. ?e %ear #"e #r e na#ional val esin#o #"e dra%ers.

"is $a$er is no# in#ended $resen# $essimis#ic as$ec# o' #"e $resen# %orld, ( # arealis#ic one. "is no#e is o r $ r$ose #o o$en#"e #r e val es, crea#in& a $ro#ec#ive (arrier a&ains# a 'ore&one enemy. ?e s#r &&le %i#" a

$"iloso$"y o' $roli'era#e %ea$ons as i&norance,eradica#e c l# re, ( ild a di''eren# 0ind o' monolo& e 'or #"is #ime. H man "as al%aysdisli0ed (ein& alone, al%ays 'el# #"e need 'or

s $$or#, clin&in& #o some#"in& sa'e on "is %ay.*ay(e #"is is #"e reason %"y " man c"an&e#"eir re'erences.

?"a# can %e do #o re( ild o r $erennialsys#em val esI A$$eal #o o r (elie's #"a# 'ormo r $ersonali#y s"o ld (e #"e 'irs# s#e$. "eval es o' con#em$orary socie#y are sim$lysca##ered seeds, carried (y %ind, %"ic"even# ally %ill reac" #"e same &ro nd %"ere#"ey %en# 'rom, #"a# #"e $erennial val es. "a#means %e o'#en #ry #o dis& ise o r needs in#o

ne% 'aces, accordin& %i#" %"a# socie#y (rin&sand media $romo#es. Beyond o r e''or#s #o

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nders#and and (e nders#ood %e remain %"a#%e are. ?e are marvel %"en %e 0no% "o% #o'ind s in o#"ers. Ed ca#ion "as an im$or#an#role in #"e $rocess o' re( ildin& sys#ems o' val es. # is im$or#an# #o "ave models, no#

#eac"ers #o $reac" models, i# s"o ld (eenco ra&ed #o 'i&"# a&ains# #"is slo% #ime s$iri#3a $arado2 loo0in& 'rom #"e ceasin& o' momen#). >olvin& #"e dissensions (e#%eenc l# res may "el$ s #o $romo#e $eace and in' # re %e co ld s$ea0 only a(o # $ersonal %ars,mean# #o im$rove o rselves. ?e " rry #"ro &"li'e, loo0in& 'or de#ails #"a# 3don #) ma##er. ?e"ave #"e $o%er #o (e more a##en#ive #o %"a# isaro nd s, %i#" s and %"a# lies %i#"in s. Asol #ion mi&"# (e re# rnin& #o o rselves, #ryino discover #"e com$le2i#y %e "ave inside,

(eca se %e can never 0no% o rselves, #"e so lis a %onder' l la(yrin#", %"ic" can (e 'o ndonly in rela#ions"i$s %i#" o#"ers. ivin& nder #"e veil o' nconscio sness %e ris0 soon losin&

s 'rom #"e axis mundi.. i0e a &ame o' mirrors#"a# s"ine %"en li&"# 'alls on #"em and #"en

crea#es s"a$es and &ame li&"#s, every #imeo#"ers %e s"o ld (rin& $ o r $erennial val esin#o con#em$orary #imes. Bein& moreres$onsi(le, rede'inin& s#andards 'or ed ca#ion,im$lemen#in& ne% s#ra#e&ies 'or develo$men# in

a sa'e#y mode and mos# o' all a "i&" sense o' conscience is com$ lsory in order #o recall #"es#ron& and $erennial val es.

R 2 r nc s%517 . Ba man, !odernitatea lichid, , An#e#, JJJ,

B c"ares#, Romania.5 7 K. Benda, -he -reason of the &ntellectuals ,

ransac#ion (lis"ers, JJL, Br ns%ic0, @K,A.

597 . eor&i , ilosofia culturii" >@> A M

Fac l#a#ea de com nicare i relaNii $ (lice, JJ1,B c"ares#, Romania.5;7 Cl. @icolae, chimbarea organi/a0iei. Edi# ra

ri#onic, JJ;, B c"ares#, Romania.5D7 H. >edlmayr, 1ierderea m,surii" ditura

!eridiane , JJ1, B c"ares#, Romania.567 . 8ian , ilosofia culturii 2i teoria valorilor"

ditura 3emira , 1OOP, B c"ares#, Romania.