WHEN John-Paul Sartre wrote his magnum opus Being and Nothingness it was criticized for being an ethical vacuum. The problem is that Existentialism starts from the existence of the individual and the claim that it creates itself and is entirely responsible for its actions. But in that case how do you move from the individual …
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Disobey – and take charge!
SOME argue that we are living in a spectator society – one in which, if people take any interest in society, politics and democracy, they do so from the side-lines. Reality TV sums all this up – and perhaps Gogglebox is its perfect manifestation with us, the viewer, watching other people watching TV. The argument …
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