Media and representation of cynicism in the political drama
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v11i2p79-91Keywords:
Cynicism, daily life, political action, metropolis, mediaAbstract
This essay proposes an investigation on the forms of contemporary cynicism, combining the interpretation of political drama with reflections of the daily life sociology, particularly referring to Simmel, Goffman and De Certeau. In an expanded historical perspective from the 21st century metropolis to the communication media of the 20th century, it proposes a reconstruction of the political action and of certain moment of its imagination. A moment that shall be studied as from its relations with money, time acceleration and sensory overstimulation, which institute a new image of social relations. Cynicism seems to be, in the conditions created by metropolis and media, the cultural form more suitable for management and organization of daily events in public sphere.
Downloads
References
ARENDT, H. Le origini del totalitarismo. Tradução: Guadagnin A. Milano: Comunità, 1999.
BENJAMIN, W. I passages di Parigi. Torino: Einaudi, 2002.
DE CERTEAU, M. L’invenzione del quotidiano. Tradução: M. Baccianini. Roma: Lavoro, 2001.
GOFFMAN, E. La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione. Tradução: M. Ciacci. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1959.
______. Frame analysis. Roma: Armando, 2001.
HOGGART, R. The uses of literacy: aspects of working-class life. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1957.
MAFFESOLI, M. L’istante eterno: ritorno del tragico nel postmoderno. Roma: Luca Sossella, 2003.
______. La trasfiurazione del politico: l’effervescenza dell’immaginario postmoderno Milano: Bevivino, 2009.
MEYROWITZ, J. Oltre il senso del luogo: l’impatto dei media elettronici sul comportamento sociale. 4. ed. Tradução: N. Gabi. Bologna: Baskerville, 1995.
MORETTI, F. Il romanzo di formazione. Torino: Einaudi, 2007.
SIMMEL, G. Filosofia del denaro. Torino: UTET, 1984.
______. La metropoli e la vita dello spirito. Roma: Armando, 2005.
SLOTERDIJK, P. Critica della ragion cinica. Roma: Raffaello Cortina, 2013
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right to first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) which allows sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal for non-commercial purposes.
- Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
