Ancient cynicism as a therapy for the crisis of global capitalism
subject: Biomimesis, Decrecimiento, Malestar Cultural, cinismo, cosmopolitismo, crisis ecológica, helenismo, parrésia
description: Although a temporal distance of more than two thousands of years, Hellenism and contemporary society show analogous “spirits of time” (zeitgeist); with characteristics such as cultural malaise, loss of the old political and social frameworks, cultural syncretism, or recovery of nature and regulatory framework. Hellenistic ethics emerged as therapeutics that would guide the individual in this crisis of the Greek world. In this paper examines the possibility of using the critical tools of the old cynicism, to apply them therapeutically on the global ecological crisis, created by industrial capitalism. The principles of ancient cynicism can be recycled for a project of degrowth society
creator: José Alberto CUESTA MARTÍNEZ
source: Azafea: Revista de Filosofía
publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
date: 2016
relation: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0213-3563/article/view/12951
coverage: Philosophy (General)