Creation and Ideology: from Freedom of Opinions to "Cancel Culture" Cover Image

Creație și ideologie: de la libertatea opiniilor la „cancel culture“
Creation and Ideology: from Freedom of Opinions to "Cancel Culture"

Author(s): Sorin Crișan
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: cancel culture; ideology; ethics; aesthetics; tradition;

Summary/Abstract: The space of cultural and language exchange (of speech, opinions, etc.) has entered a new phase which is authoritatively dominated by everything that is carried by the new and vastly adopted cultural and ideo- logical movement of African American origins, referred to as “Cancel Culture”. This movement – an extension of the previous movement, the “callout culture”, in other words, the culture of cancellation, neutralization, refusal or interdiction – sets the mission of a new conformism, becoming a controversial and polarizing topic of discussion. The phrase, borrowed from the rappers and already used in all media, hardly receives an equivalent in Romanian, becoming and echoing a type of totalitarian censorship – which I believed we got rid of – that, unfortunately, is not a simple trend adopted by the followers of Progressivism and, thus, that is not going to go away any soon.

  • Issue Year: 3/2022
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 203-220
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian