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Marriage:TheProjectofCultureorFaith?
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•actualpreservationofamentalitythatopposesanyconceptionofnew
life.4
Byrevealingthelayerofnegativephenomena,JohnPaulII,inaman-
nercharacteristicforhim,indicatedtheirgenesisandfundamentalcause:
Attherootofthesenegativephenomenatherefrequentlyliesacorruption
oftheideaandtheexperienceoffreedom,conceivednotasacapacityfor
realizingthetruthofGod’splanformarriageandthefamily,butasan
autonomouspowerofself-amrmation,oftenagainstothers,forone’sown
selfishwell-being.5
ThePopewasatthesametimefullyawarethatapartfromsomeinter-
nalcauses,therearealsoexternalphenomenathatcontributeintopro-
motingattitudesandbehaviourwhichareinoppositiontotheculturefor
maritalloveandagainstlife.
2.ThePostmodernistFoundationofCulture
Howtodefinethiscultureinthemostconciseandsyntheticway?
Whatcommondenominatorofthesechangesdowefind?Ifwewanted
todefineinasinglewordtheperiodinwhichweareliving,wecould
mostprobablyusethetermof“postmodernity.”Thewordtosomepeople
maysoundoutmoded,whereastoothers—weird.Yetthepostmodernist
worldexists,disregardingourapproval.Andacharacteristicfeatureofthis
worldisdepartingfromtheuniform,monolithicsocialorderforanew
pluralisticoneintermsofdissimilarityanddiversity
.
Insuchaworlditisunimportantwhatiscentraloressential,but
whatbecomespraiseworthyisculturalperipheralityandalternativeness.
Letusnoticethatwhatactuallycatchesourattentionistrulyofmarginal,
secondaryortrivialsignificance.Butthisisthepoint,andthepurposeis
todeprivethepostmodernistManagoalinlife,tomakehimroampur-
poselesslyinaworldofemptinessdevoidofanyvalues.Thepointisto
maketheMan,insteadofawayfarerorapilgrimonhiswaytohisdes-
tination,aroamer,relishingjustanyshredsofpleasure.
DeprivingtheManofthepilgrim’sdimension,focusedonthehori-
zonofsupernaturalityandeternity
,makesthesameMan,andthismay
soundparadoxical,giveuphisresponsibilityforhistemporality
.
4Cf.Ibidem.
5Ibidem.