世界の混沌への批判：２１世紀における個性と意味 The Fear of Insignificance : Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Century （1ST）

Strenger, Carlo

Palgrave Macmillan（2011/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230108950
• DDC分類 150.192

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2011. This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity.

Full Description

This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.

Contents

Introduction: Our Historical Moment PART I: THE DEFEAT OF MIND The Years of the Golden Calf 'Just do it', the Celebrity Culture and the Designed Self The Defeat of Mind: Relativism and Pop-Spirituality PART II: FROM THE I-COMMODITY TO THE DRAMA OF INDIVIDUALITY The Drama of Individuality From 'Just do it!' to Active Self Acceptance Paring Down Life to the Essentials: An Epicurean Proposal PART III: RECLAIMING OUR MINDS Escaping the Platonic Cave Religion and Science: Civilized Disdain and Epicurean Laughter Towards World-Citizenship and a Coalition of Open Worldviews