The Role of Critical Theory in Global Era

In modern thought, the rediscovered topic of the care of the self embraces a wide range of phenomena like identity formation, disciplinary techniques vs. practices of the self, question of individual life style, etc. An inquiry into the questions of care of the self from a perspective of philosophical anthropology and ethics proceeds from a general diagnosis of a state of crisis in contemporary culture (e.g. crisis of the individual concern for himself in contradiction with society's demands).