The article deals with the problem of the consequences of implementing the world’s “Enlightenment program” without God for modern liberalism. With reference to the thought of modern intellectuals (like Chantal Delsol, Vladimir Bukowski, Vaclav Havel), it discusses the still up-to-date remark by John Paul II who stated that Marxist collectivism is just a “worse version” of the same program that manifests itself in modern liberal democracies.
Keywords:
Totalitarianism, John Paul II, liberalism, democracy
Górny, G. (2019). Velvet Totalitarianism, the forgotten warning of John Paul II. Christianity-World-Politics, (22), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.21697/csp.2018.22.1.15
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