PSEUDO-CONCRETE IDEALS OF A GOOD LIFE
PSEUDO-CONCRETE IDEALS OF A GOOD LIFE
Author(s): Erich MistríkSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Slovenská Akadémia Vied - Kabinet výskumu sociálnej a biologickej komunikácie
Keywords: Postmodern culture; body; pleasure; beauty.
Summary/Abstract: What has happened in the late and concluding stages of postmodern culture is that concrete ideas of a good life have been reduced to pseudo-concrete ideals. With the aid of simulacra, the experience of everyday life is turning into a show, into narcissistic emptiness and single bodily pleasures.
Journal: Human Affairs
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 151-160
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
