The Liquidity of Postmodern Identity: An Opportunity to Create Our Teleology?

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Liquidity of Postmodern Identity: An Opportunity to Create Our Teleology?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Bauman&apos;s conceptualisation of postmodern identity identifies two pivotal characteristics.The initial aspect, which will be designated a critical one, is an almost entirely negativeportrayal of postmodern society. Such a society is a liquid one, because of its dismembermentand fragmentation of identity, its disconnection from past and future, as well as its conceptionof the &quot;never-ending carnival&quot; of kaleidoscopic culture. It can be argued that the postmodernsociety we inhabit contains a multitude of ephemeral joys and pleasures - or activitiespresented this way - that are not underpinned by any overarching conception of a meta-aimor a principal sense of purpose.The second aspect described by Bauman is that of the distinctiveness of European culture,one which could be described as rather promising. Bauman draws on George Steiner&apos;s ideathat perhaps the most distinctive quality of European history is its remarkable capacity tointegrate a multitude of external influences and to adapt to the evolving demands of historicalchange; or, to quote Hans Georg Gadamer, its ability to live with the Different. The objectiveof this paper is to defend the concept of the liquidity of our postmodernist absence of a strong,meta-oriented identity and to argue that such a situation represents an opportunity to re-createsuch a meta-oriented identity and encapsulate it (to paraphrase Cornelius Castoriadis) inmore clearly defined terms. It is proposed that a specific conceptualisation of Europeannesscould fulfil this role

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Liquidity of Postmodern Identity: An Opportunity to Create Our Teleology?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Bauman&apos;s conceptualisation of postmodern identity identifies two pivotal characteristics.The initial aspect, which will be designated a critical one, is an almost entirely negativeportrayal of postmodern society. Such a society is a liquid one, because of its dismembermentand fragmentation of identity, its disconnection from past and future, as well as its conceptionof the &quot;never-ending carnival&quot; of kaleidoscopic culture. It can be argued that the postmodernsociety we inhabit contains a multitude of ephemeral joys and pleasures - or activitiespresented this way - that are not underpinned by any overarching conception of a meta-aimor a principal sense of purpose.The second aspect described by Bauman is that of the distinctiveness of European culture,one which could be described as rather promising. Bauman draws on George Steiner&apos;s ideathat perhaps the most distinctive quality of European history is its remarkable capacity tointegrate a multitude of external influences and to adapt to the evolving demands of historicalchange; or, to quote Hans Georg Gadamer, its ability to live with the Different. The objectiveof this paper is to defend the concept of the liquidity of our postmodernist absence of a strong,meta-oriented identity and to argue that such a situation represents an opportunity to re-createsuch a meta-oriented identity and encapsulate it (to paraphrase Cornelius Castoriadis) inmore clearly defined terms. It is proposed that a specific conceptualisation of Europeannesscould fulfil this role

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Challenges for Europeanness in an Age of Global Crises

ISBN

978-83-8017-617-1

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

23-32

Počet stran knihy

99

Název nakladatele

Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA

Místo vydání

Warszawa

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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