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pterI.Apersonastheauthoroftheirowndevelopment
Thepersonopentochanges
Teindustrialcivilisationledtothebirthofahumanbeingwithimposed
subjectivity,thelearner(oremployedperson).Teirdominantfeatureremains
theabilitytodistancethemselvesfromreality,butnotfromthemselves.Because
thelearnerisabletotreatthemselvesasapartoftheworld,theygainacertain
degreeofautonomy,basedontheconceptoftheindividual-anobjectwith
specificproperties(independentoftheroleattributedtothem)(Obuchowski,
2001,p.164).Temarketrealityforcedtheindividualtobeopentochanges.
Teabilitytolearnandthefacultytogenerateup-to-dateknowledgeaboutthe
worldbecamedesirable.However,theindividualisincapableofindependently
determiningthemeaningoflifebecausetheIisstillsyncretistic.
Amagnificentachievementofthelearneristheabilitytoimplement
Chierarchicalandcreativecodesofmind,withoutwhichthetransitionto
imposedsubjectivitywouldneverhavehappened)(Błachnio&Obuchowski,
2011,p.164).Obuchowskidefinedimposedsubjectivityastheabilityto
respondflexiblytothechangingrealitiesoflife,whichreleasestheindividual
fromtheirrolemodel.Consequently,apersoncantakeactionanddecisions
bytheirownwillandcangenerateknowledgeaboutthemselves.Inthisway,
aperson)sindependencebecameafact,butasObuchowskipointedout,itwas
notcompleteself-determination.Knowledgeaboutoneselfisnotenoughto
createtheconceptofthedesiredself.Telearners)knowledgeonlyallowed
themtodevelopamentaldistancetotheworld.
Thepersonwhoreconstructsculture
Inthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury,theevolutionofself-determination
began(andisstillinprogress)intheconsciousnessofasignificantnumber
ofpeople.Itarosefromoppositiontotreatingpeopleasobjects.Moreover,
theobjectivestatusoftheindividualwasdeprivedofthesupportpreviously
providedbyculture.Tenormativefunctionsofcultureweretakenoverby
theindividual,buildingmoralstandardsandusingtheirowncreativepoten-
tial.Asaresultoftherevolutionofsubjects,apersondiscoversthattheyare
abletospecifywhatisimportantinlife.Tereconstructionofculturewithin
themselvesrequiresthedevelopmentofapersonalconceptofidentityandan
attitudeofcontinuouslyprocessingtheknowledgetheyalreadypossess.Te