The thought of John Paul ІІ about the totalitarianism

Abstract

This article is an attempt to answer the question, what is the totalitarianism in the perspective of teaching John Paul II, what is its genesis and essence; what are consequences for the man and the society and the reality in which functions, in which has influence; what is its catalyst. The author tries to explore the issue of totalitarianism urged by the increased of disturbing social phenomena (ethical, religious, political and identity indifference, nationalism, fundamentalism and fanaticism; moral, cognitive and legal relativism; denial and limitation of: principles, natural human laws, and in particular the right to life), which seems to favor the creation of frameworks of totalitarian ideas and their implementation on the social and (positive) legal ground. It emphasizes the importance of the imperative, according to which, the anti-totalitarian heritage of John Paul II should be rediscovered and interpreted again and again. «The Supreme Good and the moral good meet in truth: the truth of God, the Creator and Redeemer, and the truth of man, created and redeemed by him. Only upon this truth is it possible to construct a renewed society and to solve the complex and weighty problems affecting it, above all the problem of overcoming the various forms of totalitarianism, so as to make way for the authentic freedom of the person»1 (p. 99, August 6 1993, from http://w2.vatican.va/content).