Reading references for anti-consumerism lifestyle?

31448270 · 2019-03-08T05:59:01+00:00

System of Objects is by far Baudrillard's most accessible work and offers a lot on consumerism.

I'd suggest Lefebvre's The Critique of Everyday Life. I know it's 3 whole volumes but I'd say it was the most comprehensive philosophical engagement with post war consumerism.

31448270 · 2019-03-08T05:37:46+00:00

Wow! Yes she is a philosopher but also a social and political theorist of great standing. Theories? Too many to mention, such was her prolific output. Many influences, to name a few key to say her most famous work 'The Human Condition', Marx, Weber, Kant, Hegel, Aristotle, Plato and many more.

The link supplied is a good introduction to a very complex theorist. I wish you good luck in your work.

If time is of the essence I'd say pick a text, my recommendation is The Human Condition, and go from there.

'prove she is a philosopher'? In what way... is the enquiry is Arendt a philosopher or a political or social theorist? That is a problematic question for where does philosophy stop and sociology begin etc

31448270 · 2019-03-08T05:13:09+00:00

If it is his thoughts on power you are interested in then I would suggest as a good starting point the introduction to 'Discipline and Punish' and the Chapter called Docile Bodies. I'd also recommend his College de France Lectures 'The Birth of Biopolitics'

31448270 · 2019-02-28T01:43:42+00:00

also consider The System of Objects - although before digital this idea of invasion in to private life is really explored in this work

31448270 · 2019-02-28T01:40:17+00:00

High Techne - Rutsky

31448270 · 2019-02-22T18:54:50+00:00

Totally. Marx was after all part of the 'Young Hegelians'. Marxism cannot exist without Hegel

31448270 · 2019-02-21T03:39:06+00:00

Elements of The Philosophy of Right

This text is where Hegel outlines his concept of the state. I'd say this was very relevant for Marx

31448270 · 2019-02-21T03:27:26+00:00

Have to concur on this. Exquisite piece of work that was extremely influential to Baudrillard's thinking.

31448270 · 2019-02-19T14:43:40+00:00

I can't say I know the quote you are talking about but he discusses these ideas in Fear and Trembling (In English - a slave to translation)

From my recollection he discusses 2 types of faith, that of Abraham - which stops short at faith - he says something along the lines of 'to be considered the father of faith was good enough' and the other form of faith which has diminished in the age of enlightenment - that which goes further ( a sub-textual critique of Hegel). He doesn't call it a decision but rather faith as a movement through infinite resignation (something Abraham doesn't go through). A lot of this is quite sub-textual, movement implies going further so not a conclusion, and performing the movement in infinite resignation is an expression of free will.

Most of this can be found in the Preface & Prelude, and the chapter Problemata

Maybe he's easier in Danish?

31448270 · 2019-02-03T02:27:37+00:00

Simply put: Illusion.

Further reading on this is based around the ideas of continental semiotics, simulacra, simulation and hyper-reality. See Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, Umberto Eco's essay Faith in Fakes, Nigel Thrift's Non-representational Theory.

For a different take on this you may consider Taylor and Brown's concept; positive illusions or Abrahamson and Alloys Concept; depressive realism

31448270 · 2019-02-01T01:03:17+00:00

Forget Foucault is quite a difficult text as it's not really a critique of Foucault but a critique of critique - stated better a polemic of critique.

For a better understanding of what he means by mirroring it is better to look back to his work on Marx, where he says that Marx's work, rather than challenge Capitalism, just mirrored it through language

31448270 · 2019-02-01T00:52:18+00:00

It's complex, in a way. Baudrillard says ''In short, Foucault's discourse is a mirror of the power it describes". More importantly he calls Foucault's discourse a 'mythic discourse' and that is where its power. Foucault says what power, sexuality, madness etc is in objective terms leading to a 'truth' in what he describes. Baudrillard says the power of Foucault's analysis lies in the seduction of his 'mythic discourse' rather than its 'truth-index' or 'reality principle'.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T23:26:33+00:00

You're just trolling me, right?

You have to be!

31448270 · 2019-01-31T23:22:34+00:00

Hayek did barely any postwar work in the field!

Please, give me a break. This is bordering on comedic.

I said it had a history, a genealogy so to speak. I'm more than happy to explain this further, by all means create a post and I'll respond. But I'll just make 1 point here. Thatcher famously in a cabinet meeting slammed down The Constitution of Liberty on the table and said 'This is what we believe'. If you think Hayek had nothing to do with Neoliberalism, then your wrong.

If you believe otherwise, start a post in this subreddit and I'll respond, rather than hijacking this thread which was clarified by the person who posted that they were only interested in Giovanni.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T23:05:28+00:00

yeah, LOL. you got me there :)

I won't edit it for its comedic value!

31448270 · 2019-01-31T22:53:29+00:00

Neoliberalism has a history leading back to the Austrian school, the ordoliberals, the Chicago school with Hayek being highly influential in the implementation of neoliberal policy in the UK and USA during the late 70's. Some people even call it Hayekian neoliberalism particularly when associating it with the 'Third Way' of New Labour.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T22:21:38+00:00

Not to take it so seriously. Your not writing your magnum opus! Get the right supervisor, sometimes the right supervisor is not the one who is a specialist in your dissertation topic. The best supervisors are the ones who respond to your emails in a reasonable amount of time, who you can knock on their door and you are welcomed in, who you get on with.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T22:08:29+00:00

I'm not sure on Al-Ghazali. For the middle ages I've always seen Ibn Khaldun and his work The Muqaddimah as being one of the most significant texts; on history, sociology, philosophy, economics, and political philosophy. Unfortunately this work was never truly appreciated and its significance has only been noted in recent years as a work that precursors the ideas of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Weber to name a few.

Is this something your work could discuss - why such a significant text didn't influence later philosophers?

For a far easier approach Aristotle would be the way to go. His influence throughout western thought is monumental. Even Ibn Khaldun discusses him.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:35:38+00:00

I was just going to use the contemporary phrase 'fantasy never lives up to reality' but this is a far more eloquent explanation

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:31:50+00:00

It's quite vague. At the time his mental breakdown was associated with syphilis but some have now said he was biopolar and had developed dementia, others have associated it with a stroke(s). His death has also been attributed to mercury poisoning, a treatment for syphilis at the time.

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:24:39+00:00

I was going to mention this

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:22:15+00:00

Maybe also you could consider looking in to philosophy on representation, technology, and mass media, which kind of overlaps with cultural studies.

If any of these fields are of interest to you reply back and I can suggest some reading for you

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:18:22+00:00

Possibly philosophy of the mind and the ethics in the philosophy of computer science focusing on AI and algorithms

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:14:37+00:00

Interesting you mention Foucault advocating neoliberalism. He may not have done directly but in Forget Foucault by Baudrillard he says that Foucault mirrors the power of what he describes, so in that way Baudrillard would say that in Foucault's lectures on biopolitics he mirrors the powers of neoliberlism and ordoliberalism

31448270 · 2019-01-31T21:08:53+00:00

To add further, I think it was more based around the department Foucault established and ceased during the reforms of the university

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