The Present Age Kierkegaard Soren
The Present Age Kierkegaard Soren "A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity. What makes the essay so remarkable is the way it seems to speak directly to…
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The Present Age Kierkegaard Soren
"A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity. What makes the essay so remarkable is the way it seems to speak directly to our time--i.e. Nothing ever happens but there is immediate publicity everywhere."-- From The Present AgeIn The Present Age (1846), S ren Kierkegaard analyzes the philosophical implications of a society dominated by the mass-media.
the Information Age--where life is dominated by mere "information" not true "knowledge." Kierkegaard even goes so far as to say that advertising and publicity almost immediately co-opts and suppresses revolutionary actions/thoughts.A stunningly prescient essay that foresaw the rise of twenty-four-hour news and social media, The Present Age examines the philosophical and political implications of a culture of endless, inconsequential