through europe - irony http://th-rough.eu/taxonomy/term/166/0 en Cinismo, ironia e follia del media-potere Italiano http://th-rough.eu/writers/bifo-ita/cinismo-ironia-e-follia-del-media-potere-italiano <span class='print-link'></span><p class="rtejustify"> <strong>Mass Zynismus</strong></p> <p> Nel libro <em>Le courage de la verit&eacute;</em>, trascrizione del corso al College de France del 1984 Le gouvernement de soi et des autres, Michel Foucault parla di Diogene e degli altri filosofi antichi che sono correntemente conosciuti come cinici, e collega il loro pensiero alla pratica del dire la verit&agrave; (<em>parresia</em>). Nei nostri tempi moderni la parola cinismo ha acquisito un significato totalmente differente, quasi un significato opposto: una persona cinica, per noi, &egrave; qualcuno che abitualmente mente a tutti, specialmente a se stesso/a.</p> <p><a href="http://th-rough.eu/writers/bifo-ita/cinismo-ironia-e-follia-del-media-potere-italiano" target="_blank">read more</a></p> bifo-ita berlusconi cynism irony Italy philosophy Italian Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:00:59 +0000 Franco Berardi Bifo 141 at http://th-rough.eu Irony, cynicism and the lunacy of the italian media power http://th-rough.eu/writers/bifo-eng/irony-cynicism-and-lunacy-italian-media-power <span class='print-link'></span><p class="rtejustify"> <strong>Mass Zynismus</strong></p> <p class="rtejustify"> In his book <em>The courage of truth</em>&nbsp; (<em>Le courage de la verit&eacute;</em>), a transcript of lectures delivered at the College de France in 1984, Michel Foucault speaks of Diogenes and the other ancient philosophers known as cynicists and defines their thought as the practice of telling the truth (<em>parresia</em>).&nbsp; Twenty-five years later, the word cynicism has acquired a totally different meaning, almost opposite: the cynic is someone routinely lying to everyone, especially him or herself.</p> <p><a href="http://th-rough.eu/writers/bifo-eng/irony-cynicism-and-lunacy-italian-media-power" target="_blank">read more</a></p> bifo-eng berlusconi cynism irony Italy philosophy English Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:50:27 +0000 Franco Berardi Bifo 134 at http://th-rough.eu