O conceito de ser humano e os riscos de desumanização do produtivismo moderno em Heschel

Abstract

This work investigates the concept of human beings through the philosophy of Abraham Joshua Heschel, focusing on the risks of dehumanization caused by technical rationality and modern productivism. The research argues that the absolutization of technology and the neglect of spirituality disfigure the integrality of human existence. Using a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach, the study analyzes the works "God in Search of Man" and "Man Is Not Alone," connecting them to the critique of modernity and Heschel's ethical and spiritual proposal. The first chapter explores Heschel's conception of humanity, emphasizing openness to mystery, co-creation, and reverence as constitutive dimensions of the human being. In the second chapter, the author examines the critique of technocratic modernity, highlighting the fragmentation of time, the trivialization of life, and the loss of interiority as symptoms of a spiritual crisis. The third chapter proposes spirituality as a path to rehumanization, through teshuvah (return), self-discernment, and the revaluation of the divine image in humans. The study concludes that Heschel's anthropology offers an ontological and ethical alternative to contemporary dehumanization by placing the sacred at the center of human experience and promoting an active spirituality, sensitive to justice and dignity of individual.