Philosophy Sociology Politics
Is there such a thing as “human progress”? With each epoch does the human person become, in some sense, ‘better’ or is this idea mere self-deception? In the current political climate of populism, which emphasises hatred, bigotry and exclusionary self-interest, there seem obvious, but despairing, answers to these questions; yet these are the conclusions that …
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The psychological need for an ‘aim’ or ‘end’ is inculcated in us by fictional narrative, made ‘normal’ by our talking of Being rather than, as Heidegger states, Becoming – the latter term though being a more accurate description of “human life”. However, even accepting Heidegger’s distinction, we can see here a connection with the “quest …
At the centre of the capitalist project lies the contradiction between the individual and community. The former is fetishised, while the latter is divided into two: (i) An (unachievable because undesirable) aspiration and, (ii), a lost “golden age”, always past, always nostalgic. Community is the staple ingredient of the soap opera, embedded into a mythological …