Sometimes I Hear Life Going

On the Remoteness from Life in Modernity

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ID12643554
AuthorsJordi Cabos (University of Bremen, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume17
Issue3-4
Pages324-337
Publication date2016-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Horizons (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-9917 • E-ISSN: 1568-5160
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14409917.2016.1190175
OpenAlexW2516733375
LanguageEN
References cited32

Modernity seems to bring a type of relationship with life whereby life appears to be distant. Individuals may mitigate this distance by attaining a meaningful life, but this requires time, decisions and a purpose. In the late modern context, these dimensions – time, decisions and vital purposes – appear to be shaped in a way that further increases this remoteness. This paper analyses how the narratives associated with these three dimensions foster a way of understanding them that restricts the relationship which individuals build with their own lives. The late-modern remoteness from life may stem from experiencing a lifetime without significant time, decisions without real choice and particular forms of self-fulfilment that misappropriate the relationship with life

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Late modernity · Linguistics · Modern life · Modernity · Narrative · Social science · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · History · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Philosophy

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