A brighter future is a worldview , religious, and philosophical concept, somewhat consonant, in some respects opposed to the concept of the Kingdom of Heaven , which religious people and atheists use with equal success in their discourse .
In the twentieth century, the concept was actively used in European countries, including Russia (the former Russian Empire, later the USSR ), both by ideologists, philosophers, politicians, and ordinary citizens to express a variety of views, theories and ideologies, in a particular context [1] .
History
The concept of the future , different from both the present and the past, the idea of dividing time into periods - has been known to mankind since ancient times. Means for expressing past, present and future tenses are available in the languages of most peoples of the world.
Since antiquity, the idea of a brighter future has been present in religious and philosophical teachings, in particular, in the Middle East and the Mediterranean (ancient Israel, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient Rome), as well as India and China. Often in those days, the concept of a bright future was linked to the concept of Eternity, the Kingdom of God, etc.
Moreover, not all theologians and philosophers of antiquity painted the image of the future in bright colors ( optimism ), often on the contrary - in rather dark and gloomy ( pessimism ). The worldview of ancient people, like our contemporaries, included the whole spectrum of views on the future: on the one hand, the position “everyone will go to hell ”, on the other hand, “God loves and sends everyone to paradise ”.
See also
- “ Bright future ” - a novel by Alexander Zinoviev (published in the West in 1978)
- Bright Future - Hong Kong movie (1986)
- Kingdom of heaven
Notes
- ↑Lesnyak M.V. Tactics “Creating a brighter future” in political communication // Political Linguistics. - 2013. - No. 4 .