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PSEUDO-CONCRETE IDEALS OF A GOOD LIFE
PSEUDO-CONCRETE IDEALS OF A GOOD LIFE

Author(s): Erich Mistrík
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 151-160
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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