Drogi rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego kapitalizmu z perspektywy katolicyzmu współczesnego

Abstract

The article represents an attempt at an overview of certain historio-philosophical problems connected with images of capitalism arising when reflecting upon the contemporary doctrine of social Catholicism. The main task is thus to point at forms of the future society outlined in this doctrine and paths leading to it. The ultimate goal of the article is to point out that the Catholic model of the future society becomes not so much a utopia of the reformed capitalism but rather a utopian model of bilateral transformations: reform or transforming both the capitalist and the socialist systems. Hence it is underlined that contrary to the formula of the topic in its strict sense what is meant here are not only "paths of development of capitalism" since these must be paths common for capitalism and socialism. In the final account the article shows a leading thought that for the contemporary Catholicism the world of future reveals itself as a typical convergence model to be realized through reforms of both the capitalist and the socialist systems.