Vom Unwesen der Lüge

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Maria-Sibylla Lotter
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Bernard Williams ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Special Position ◽  
Ethical Discourse ◽  
The Many ◽  
Moral Attitudes ◽  
Present Life

Lying in the sense of declaring as true what you believe to be false takes a special position within ethical discourse concerning truthfulness and the virtues and vices of communication. None of the many other ways in which people lack truthfulness is considered nearly as vicious as lying. However, in everyday life our attitude towards lying is far from consistent insofar as we tend to take both an absolutist and a relativist position towards lying. The article shows that our inconsistency derives from several philosophical traditions which have developed widely different concepts and moral attitudes with regard to lying. And with respect to the challenges of present life it is argued that instead of bending all our thoughts on lying, we should rather follow Michel Foucault and Bernard Williams in distinguishing the virtues of veracity we should cultivate in the different areas of modern life.

Vom Unwesen der Lüge

10.28937/2016 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Maria-Sibylla Lotter
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Bernard Williams ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Special Position ◽  
Ethical Discourse ◽  
The Many ◽  
Moral Attitudes ◽  
Present Life

Lying in the sense of declaring as true what you believe to be false takes a special position within ethical discourse concerning truthfulness and the virtues and vices of communication. None of the many other ways in which people lack truthfulness is considered nearly as vicious as lying. However, in everyday life our attitude towards lying is far from consistent insofar as we tend to take both an absolutist and a relativist position towards lying. The article shows that our inconsistency derives from several philosophical traditions which have developed widely different concepts and moral attitudes with regard to lying. And with respect to the challenges of present life it is argued that instead of bending all our thoughts on lying, we should rather follow Michel Foucault and Bernard Williams in distinguishing the virtues of veracity we should cultivate in the different areas of modern life.

Metaphysical Exile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pippin
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Detailed Interpretation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Psychological Dimensions ◽  
Late Modern

This is the first detailed interpretation of J. M. Coetzee’s “Jesus” trilogy as a whole. Robert Pippin treats the three “fictions” as a philosophical fable, in the tradition of Plato’s Republic, More’s Utopia, Rousseau’s Emile, or Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Everyone in the mythical land explored by Coetzee is an exile, removed from their homeland and transported to a strange new place, and they have all had most of the memories of their homeland “erased.” While also discussing the social and psychological dimensions of the fable, Pippin treats the literary aspects of the fictions as philosophical explorations of the implications of a deeper kind of spiritual homelessness, a version that characterizes late modern life itself, and he treats the theme of forgetting as a figure for modern historical amnesia and indifference to reflection and self-knowledge. So, the state of exile is interpreted as “metaphysical” as well as geographical. In the course of an interpretation of the central narrative about a young boy’s education, Pippin shows how a number of issues arise, are discussed and lived out by the characters, all in ways that also suggest the limitations of traditional philosophical treatments of themes like eros, beauty, social order, art, family, non-discursive forms of intelligibility, self-deception, and death. Pippin also offers an interpretation of the references to Jesus in the titles, and he traces and interprets the extensive inter-textuality of the fictions, the many references to the Christian Bible, Plato, Cervantes, Goethe, Kleist, Wittgenstein, and others. Throughout, the attempt is to show how the literary form of Coetzee’s fictions ought to be considered, just as literary—a form of philosophical reflection.

scholarly journals ‘FITNA’ IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Phenomena of the Digital Behavior of Indonesian Muslim Society on Dajjal Hadith

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
D.I Ansusa Putra
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Demand Pattern ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Phenomena ◽  
The Many

<p><em>Dajjal appearance discussion in the last decade has been the trending among Muslim. There are massive search for religious doctrines text on Dajjal in digital media. This is oriented towards certain views about the world, social and cultural conditions, political project, political subjectivity, attitudes, and practice or competence. The behavior affects social-political life through the contextualization of hadith about Dajjal. This study aims to obtain a complete picture of digital media behavior in understanding religious doctrines related to  Fitna of Dajjal among Muslims. This article combines Muslim theory of Cosmopolitanism Khairuddin Aljunied and living hadith approach, supported by data from google trend search throughout 2019. The results showed that there were four digital behaviors of Indonesian Muslim related to Dajjal hadith, first, searching instantaneously; second, reviewing from internet; third, joining the contextualisation discussion; and fourth, liking the personalization and illustration. The most frequently sought topic is about the prayer to be protected from Fitna of Dajjal. In addition, the study also tried to prove that this digital behavior is formed massively because of supply and demand pattern. It means that there are groups producing Dajjal hadith in public sphere regularly since they are supported by the many interests of consumers.</em></p>

Wearable Cameras

2018 ◽  
pp. 489-516
Author(s):  
Alessio Drivet
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Wearable Cameras ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Way

Wearable Technologies represent an emerging theme. Probably the next emerging market where companies will focus. These devices are replacing entire categories of electronic objects in everyday life and affect the way we live, work and socialize. Among the many applications available, the author limits attention to the field of the smart video cameras. This chapter examines some of the most interesting applications of wearable cameras, with special reference to the Italian situation. In particular, the text traces a summary of the main applications in sports, spying, police, army, education, health, disabilities, and lifelogging. A part is devoted to “wearable extensions” and the concept of augmented reality.

Hollywood Animation, Late Modernity and Contemporary America

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-108
Author(s):  
Noel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Similar Function ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Social Commentary ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
Intertextual Allusion ◽  
Distinguishing Features

One of the primary distinguishing features of post-1990s Hollywood animation is its foregrounding of contemporary culture and society. While many of the ‘classic’ Disney films are set in fantastical or fairy tale landscapes geographically and temporally removed from everyday life (‘once upon a time…’), most animated features from the early 1990s onwards are self-conscious artefacts of late modernity. There are two primary manifestations of the foregrounding of contemporary culture in post-1990s Hollywood animation. The first, and most immediately visible, is (a usually comic) intertextuality that takes the form of an intensified referentiality to other works of popular culture and modern life more broadly. The second form is that of social commentary, which is often satirical in nature and tends to be a more abiding thematic focus than the intertextual allusion. This chapter argues that both forms serve a similar function: they are strategies of proximation that anchor films to recognisable and identifiable situations and events.

scholarly journals Rhizomizing the Translation Zone: Xiaolu Guo and A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-116
Author(s):  
Wangtaolue Guo
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Spatial Metaphors ◽  
The Many ◽  
Cultural Mobility ◽  
Constitutive Element

In a world marked by increasing linguistic and cultural mobility, translation has gone way beyond the idea of mechanical/cultural transmission of meaning and saturated our everyday life. Translation zone, as one of the many spatial metaphors for translation, is proposed by Emily Apter and meant to debunk the myth of monolingual complacency as a norm and to highlight translation as a significant medium of subject re-formation. Although her transcoding model is path-breaking, Apter seems to insist on the intersubjective limits that resist translation, arguing about the issue of border trouble arising from occasions “where the lines dividing discrete languages are muddy and disputatious” (129). In this paper, I argue that the translation zone shall be reconceptualized as a rhizomatic zone, where both translation and mis-/non-translation constitute an adventitious mode of transformation that highlights processuality. In order to add this Deleuzian layer to the translation zone, I examine how translational literature, which “straddle[s] two languages, at once foregrounding, performing, and problematizing the act of translation” (Hassan 754), reflects a perpetual state of in-translation and encompasses the process of flight and movement. Specific examples are drawn from Xiaolu Guo’s novel A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, which features a narrative characterized by malapropism, mis-hearings, mis-interpretations, and interlanguage. Incorporating translation as a constitutive element into her story, Guo highlights the interplay between linguistic creativity and (un-)translatability, complicates the process of cultural transfer, and underlines the centrality of migration and porosity which Apter fails to attribute to her framework. The novel, therefore, mimics a rhizomatic translation zone, where migration, transformation, and linguistic heterogeneity are enmeshed.

Shame in Ethical Discourse: Vichian Echoes in Bernard Williams

MLN ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-98
Author(s):  
Daniel Canaris
Keyword(s):  
Bernard Williams ◽  
Ethical Discourse

Everyday Life as Critique in Late Colonial Korea: Kim Namch'ŏn's Literary Experiments, 1934–43

2009 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunyoung Park
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Colonial Korea ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Urban Modernity ◽  
Utopian Vision ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The One ◽  
Aesthetic Sensibility

Perhaps the most renowned leftist writer of late colonial Korea, Kim Namch'ŏn left a complex body of work that has so far defied an encompassing interpretation. On the one hand, in his theoretical writings, Kim consistently advocated realism as his aesthetic principle. On the other hand, within his fictional writings, Kim also displayed an antithetical interest in the fragmentary scenes of modern life, which he often depicted through experimental techniques of a modernist aesthetic sensibility. In this essay, an attempt is made to provide a unified account of Kim's works. Special attention is given to Kim's early theorization of the everyday as a proper literary space for a materialist critique of society. This focus on everyday life, it is argued, enabled Kim to critique both the teleological outlook of dogmatic socialism and the utopian vision of pan-Asianism, but it did not shelter him from a fascination with the daily spectacles of urban modernity.

scholarly journals BUDAYA FASHION DI JALANAN DALAM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Silviana Tahalea
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Dynamic Condition ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Shopping Center ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Street People ◽  
The World ◽  
Street Photography

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong></strong><br />Fashion is a code that needed a description to understand about the person<br />who's wearing the dress. Every clothes that's worn by somebody brings a strong<br />message about the person wearing the clothes, there for cloting in generally<br />becoming a way to communicate with the world. Fashion it self by any mean can<br />be represent by our own preception and prespective. This fashion power issue<br />has becoming my concern, fashion it self also becoming an identity of a changing<br />of an era. In other conception, fashion can de define as a lifestyle or an identity of<br />a person in certain situation. Fashion always evolving according to an era in a<br />dynamic condition.<br />Street fashion phenomenon become a culture in big cities and it's getting more<br />common in everyday life an in fashionably modern life. Street is an intersting<br />context of fashion as a place for replacing a studio position for photographer and<br />a catwalk for a fashionista. Fashion image is no longger addresed for a<br />profesional figure model. Now a days fashion is a daily life setting on today's<br />society everyday life. I'm choosing Jakarta's down town, specially Sudirman<br />Street, because it was one of the most crowded public space in Jakarta. We could<br />easily found bussiness center, economic center to a shopping center in<br />Sudirman Street. People from various social background, education, jobs and<br />needs with a various style of fashion could easily be found in here.</p><p><br /><strong>Abstrak</strong><br />Fesyen adalah sebuah kode yang butuh pendeskripsian untuk mengerti<br />tentang orang yang mengenakannya. Setiap pakaian yang dikenakan<br />seseorang membawa pesan yang kuat tentang si pemakainya. Oleh<br />karena itu, pakaian seseorang pada umumnya merupakan<br />komunikasinya dengan dunia luar.<br />The purpose of this study was to document the trend of Street Fashion these days<br />in Jakarta. From these results it can be concluded that the type of fashion that is<br />in the Sudirman area is adjusting place or in other words the way people identify<br />themselves is to understand their environment.<br />Fashion sendiri dapat diartikan<br />berbagai macam, sesuai dengan persepsi dan perpektif kita masingmasing.<br />Hal inilah yang menjadi ketertarikan untuk bicara mengenaikekuatan fashion, fashion sendiri dapat diartikan bagian dari identitas<br />perubahan era atau zaman. Dalam konsepsi lain fashion juga dapat<br />didefinisikan sebagai gaya hidup atau identitas seseorang didalam<br />lingkungannya. Fashion terus berkembang sesuai tuntutan zaman dan<br />dalam kondisi yang selalu dinamis.<br />Fenomena street fashion yang semakin membudaya di kota besar dan<br />semakin terlihat didalam keseharian kehidupan modern yang semakin<br />fashionable. Jalan merupakan konteks yang menarik untuk fesyen sebagai<br />tempat untuk menggantikan posisi studio bagi para fotografer dan<br />catwalk bagi para penggemar fesyen. Image fesyen tidak lagi hanya<br />diperuntukan bagi figur model profesional. Sekarang ini fesyen adalah<br />seting kehidupan sehari-hari masyarakat urban.<br />Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendokumentasikan trend street<br />fashion yang sedang berlangsung saat ini di Jakarta. Dari hasil penelitian<br />tersebut dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa jenis fesyen yang ada di<br />kawasan Sudirman adalah menyesuaikan tempat atau dengan kata lain<br />cara masyarakat mengidentifikasi dirinya adalah dengan memahami<br />lingkungannya.<br /><br /></p>

scholarly journals DISONANSI MEMORI MONUMEN KOLONIAL: STUDI KASUS TUGU CORNELIS CHASTELEIN, DEPOK, JAWA BARAT

AMERTA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Alqiz Lukman
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Past Activity ◽  
Present Life

Abstract. Dissonant Memories of Colonial Monument: A Case Study of Cornelis Chastelein Monument, Depok Jawa Barat. Material remains from the colonial period are still marginalized from the development of archaeological research in Indonesia. In contrast, monuments, sites, or other material remains from this period are memory repository of identity struggle, development discourse, and social pattern that shaped the modern life of Indonesian society. This article examined how the Old Depok society commemorates Cornelis Chastelein, a VOC high-ranker, who liberated their ancestors and introduced Christianity to them in the form of monument. Contrary to the Old Depok society, the rebuilding of the monument of Cornelis Chastelein was opposed by the Depok government because it is considered as an act to bring back memories of colonialism. This study is using an oral history approach by interviewing Old Depok people, academics, and historical observers as key informants. The concept of dissonant memory is used to analyze interactions and negotiations in the case of the monument of Chastelein conflict. Based on this research, it is known that material remains from the colonial period have diverse values for each element of society and creates new social dynamics in the present. This article argues that archeology is not only useful for reconstructing past activity but it also can reflect present life to construct a better future.   Abstrak. Tinggalan materi yang berasal dari masa kolonial masih termarjinalkan dari perhatian perkembangan penelitian arkeologi di Indonesia. Perlu diketahui bahwa monumen, situs, atau tinggalan materi lainnya yang berasal dari masa itu menyimpan memori tentang perjuangan identitas, penentuan arah pembangunan, dan pola kehidupan sosial yang membentuk karakter masyarakat Indonesia masa kini. Artikel ini membahas bagaimana masyarakat Depok Lama mengabadikan memori sosok Cornelis Chastelein, salah seorang petinggi VOC, yang telah memerdekakan leluhur mereka dari perbudakan dan memperkenalkan ajaran agama Kristen dalam wujud sebuah monumen. Di sisi lain, pembangunan kembali Tugu Cornelis Chastelein pada 2014 mendapatkan pertentangan dari Pemerintah Kota Depok karena dianggap membawa kembali ingatan terhadap kejamnya penjajahan. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode sejarah lisan dengan mewawancarai warga masyarakat Depok Lama, akademisi, dan pemerhati sejarah sebagai informan utama. Konsep disonansi memori dipakai untuk menganalisis interaksi dan negosiasi yang tercipta dalam kasus perseteruan pembangunan Tugu Cornelis Chastelein. Patut diketahui bahwa tinggalan budaya materi dari masa kolonial memiliki nilai yang beragam bagi setiap elemen masyarakat dan dapat menciptakan dinamika sosial yang baru pada masa kini. Artikel ini berargumen bahwa ilmu arkeologi tidak hanya berguna untuk keperluan merekonstruksi kehidupan masa lalu, tetapi juga merefleksikan kehidupan masa kini untuk mengonstruksi kehidupan yang akan datang.

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