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Notas sobre el “catastrofismo cultural” [Notes on “Cultural Catastrophism”]

Puche Dias, David
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Symbolic World
Material World
Postmodernism
Nihilism
Mass Culture
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Political ethics
Cultural ethics
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General and historical
Philosophical ethics
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Latin American Ethics
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"El propósito de este artículo es discutir acerca de la cultura de masas y, másconcretamente, sobre la cuestión del “catastrofismo cultural”, esto es, si [a] lacultura occidental de algún modo está en un proceso de decadencia, y a qué sedebería éste, o si por el contrario [b] ésa es una falsa percepción que, sinembargo, se repite históricamente, y qué la provocaría. Para ello haremos unestudio comparativo de Nietzsche y otros autores que, más recientemente, hanelaborado el tema de la cultura de masas. Estructuraremos dicho estudio en tresmomentos: [1] Una correcta aproximación a la polémica de la cultura de masas,de manos de Eco, Bauman y Jameson; [2] la utilización del conceptonietzscheano de “nihilismo” como herramienta teórica para abordar esapolémica, y [3] la explicación, a partir del materialismo cultural de Harris, de las causas de ese nihilismo, y consiguientemente la respuesta a las preguntas iniciales" ["The purpose of this article is to discuss on the mass culture and, more specifically, on the issue of “cultural catastrophism”, that is, if [a] Western culture is somehow in a process of decay, and why it would be so, or if on the contrary [b] that is a false perception, however, historically repeated, and what would be the cause. To do this we’ll make a comparative study of Nietzsche and other authors who have more recently elaborated on mass culture. The study is structured in three stages: [1] A correct approach to the controversy of mass culture, beginning with Eco, Bauman and Jameson; [2] the use of Nietzsche’s concept of “nihilism” as a theoretical tool to address this controversy, and [3] the explanation, with Harris’ cultural materialism, of the causes of this nihilism, and thus the response to the initial questions"]
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2016
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