Socrates, antiquity: man through philosophy (Understanding) do better.
Erasmus of Rotterdam, Renaissance humanism: become a work of art
Sartre, existentialism, 1946: man only exists in that mass, in which he succeeds, to come true
my interpretation: these instructions to being human have no validity in late capitalism, they run diametrically opposed to his goals.
However, such a sentence sounds right now 1946 almost cynical, at that time the works of art of knowledge had been burned along with millions, who dared, to think for yourself
today: the tool, to recognize or represent a work of art, has been lost. It would also only lead to economic losses, to train such a tool again
If you look for answers in the fine arts and philosophy and actually live by them, you end up at the Sozamt….
The market has flattened everything. Also the brain and its sensorium.
For example, who wants to be an art connoisseur today or a serious literary critic?? Certainly too expensive and not very lucrative compared to fast instant journalism
Today no one wants to suffer or make sacrifices for a matter of the heart, exploitative neoliberalism made sure of that
He gives the socially accepted suffering (job burnout) before as well as the passions (Positivity and physical self-optimization in leisure time, to counteract the yield better)
freedom: what does the term mean today??
if i may say, knapp, haha: this is not my king?
Where are the great holistic thinkers today? Can't they stand out in the crowd like they did 200 years ago??
Are we through the “freedom”, being able to think for yourself while adhering to the rules of all great thinkers today, much educated and informed like the old gentlemen of that time Goethe?
Then why do I have a soft spot to immerse myself in every other epoch, I just don't want to stay in the current one…..!?
I love film noir and Antonioni's and Visconti's films.
I love fin de siecle novels, of romance
I go there, where the gaze lingers deeper and longer, where the word is more organic, the existence of unusual and natural, death closer
Etc.
What should I do with Netflix?! For that I can go to a large shopping center and sit down at the counter with a non-alcoholic spritz and browse for 20 minutes.
Those were the days, as you said: Madam…. I like the salutation…
The woman, laced up in a corset (a big effort, but with a nice result!) is implicitly encouraged to do so, to show mercy…
Or but: man is in her good graces.
Too great the meaning of the term for today, in which a collectively celebrated Slim is supposed to cover up the horrendous waste of resources, narcissistic madness…. the lavish feasts of kings….
Slim, usually, Diet for the eyes and the heart, plagued by remorse.. .
….because of me the forests are burning ….now even in the north