Rudi Supek—Freedom and Polydeterminism in Cultural Criticism

Rudi Supek
"Freedom and Polydeterminism
in Cultural Criticism" (1965)
in
Socialist Humanism: An International Symposium
ed. Erich Fromm
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965, pp. 280-298.

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Culture
is very likely

one of the most
sensitive
areas of

social criticism.

Nowhere else
can

the inadequacy or absurdity of theoretical presuppositions or methodological procedures
be
uncovered so rapidly,

nowhere else
can

human creative activity
overwhelm
erroneous premises and conclusions with such promptitude,

and

nowhere else
can

such harm be
inflicted
upon the creative potentialities of human beings

as when

a dogmatic theory
is
imposed on cultural policy

by means of
social compulsion.