"Tablet Consciousness" as a Subjective Component of "Rational Violence" in the Globalized World Cover Image

„Планшетное сознание” как субъективная составляющая „рационального насилия” в глобализированном мире
"Tablet Consciousness" as a Subjective Component of "Rational Violence" in the Globalized World

Author(s): Wadym Slusar
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Philosophy, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: violence; “rational violence”; “tablet consciousness”; postpanopticon; cynicism

Summary/Abstract: The author introduces to the scientific revolution the term "tablet consciousness" in the context of the research of problems of realization of violence in the modern world. "Tablet consciousness" is viewed as a subjective component of an indirect form of violence; the main tool is a rational awareness by individuals of the necessity and the inevitability of violence ("rational violence"). The meaning of "tablet consciousness" is revealed in the context of the postpanopticon model of functioning of society. Identified and analyzed the following main features of the "tablet consciousness": replacement of a learning process on the consumption of information and knowledge staging process, focusing on the opinion of an "expert", the cult of lightness as a key of life meaning installations and cynicism.

  • Issue Year: 52/2015
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 51-61
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian