The Crisis of Modernity as a Crisis of Spirit and Thought: Towards the Establishment of a Humanistic and Civilised Policy through Future Education and Art in the Thought of Edgar Morin

Edgar Morin is regarded as one of the most prominent French philosophers and is known for his critical contributions aimed at dismantling the foundations and principles of modernity, which are rooted in excessive rationalism and transcendent anthropocentrism. These very principles, he argues, have plunged the world into a dual crisis: a spiritual crisis and an intellectual crisis. As a result, modernity has deviated from its intended role of fostering progress and development, instead becoming a catalyst for wars and discord. To overcome these crises, Morin emphasises the urgent need to focus on the pillars of civilisation, namely, education and art, and, more importantly, to reform thought and critique blind reason.