The Crisis of Modern Culture: From the Avant-Garde to Deconstruction

This text provides a thorough analysis of the evolution of Western culture, tracing the path from the revolutionary rebellion of the avant-garde to contemporary deconstruction. The author examines the mechanism of transgression, which, from a tool of renewal, became an institutional ritual of denial of norms. A key point of reference is the philosophy of Roger Scruton, who sees the decline of the sacred and objective beauty as the root causes of contemporary social anomie. The article confronts postmodern concepts of simulacrum and différance with the need to rebuild the canon and educate the heart. It is a call to reclaim moral imagination as the foundation of a lasting community, countering the pervasive culture of throwaways and the aesthetics of kitsch.