Published: 2020-06-30

Becoming yourself on the path of self-overcoming. A project of radical anthropology in the (neo)coaching

Henryk Benisz
Studia Philosophiae Christianae
Section: Papers
https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.2.02

Abstract

Contemporary coaching works quite well in educational and therapeutic practice, but it lacks a solid anthropological foundation, i.e. an adequate concept of man that could become the basis for constructive (self)development in the spirit of authentic freedom. It seems that Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of overman could be usefully employed in coaching theory. The overman awaited by Zarathustra is a man who overcomes his own weaknesses and is able to act creatively in the world, guided by a sense of responsibility for the Earth. By using this concept of (over)man, the coach could effectively help his mentees and raise them „towards freedom”, without making them dependent on any psychological, social or ethical doctrine.

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Received: 19/02/2020. Reviewed: 27/03/2020. Accepted: 12/04/2020

Keywords:

coaching, philosophical anthropology, Nietzsche, overman, eternal return, self-overcoming, freedom

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Benisz, H. (2020). Becoming yourself on the path of self-overcoming. A project of radical anthropology in the (neo)coaching. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 56(2), 39–73. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.2.02

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