@article{CawoodAmiradakis, author = {Cawood, Helen-Mary and Amiradakis, Mark J.}, title = {From Otium to Opium (and back again?): Lockdown's Leisure Industry, Hyper-synchronisation and the Philosophy of Walking}, series = {Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2022), pp. 1-10. [Online ISSN 1445-7377] [doi.org/10.1080/20797222.2022.2109331]}, journal = {Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2022), pp. 1-10. [Online ISSN 1445-7377] [doi.org/10.1080/20797222.2022.2109331]}, abstract = {This article provides an account of the cultural changes induced by the pandemic, and draws on the tradition of critical theory (especially the work of Horkheimer and Adorno, and Fromm) and the work of Bernard Stiegler to critically assess their impact. It is argued that the rise of online forms of consumption based around streaming have had a deleterious impact on the critical faculties of the individual, and argues that the practice of walking - as proposed by Frederic Gros - could potentially provide a remedy to the problems caused by the increase of uncritical cultural consumption. In this respect, it provides an original account of the relevance of both the tradition of critical theory and the work of Stiegler to the pandemic, together with providing a discussion around the act of walking as an active measure that one can implement in one's life to counteract and (hopefully) overcome the detrimental effects that the commodification of leisure time has fostered during the pandemic.}, language = {en} } @article{Cawood, author = {Cawood, Helen-Mary}, title = {Fromm's ethic of solidarity and the potential for critical communitarianism}, series = {South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2019), pp. 166-179. [Online ISSN 2073-4867] [doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2019.1625187]}, journal = {South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2019), pp. 166-179. [Online ISSN 2073-4867] [doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2019.1625187]}, abstract = {It can be (and has been) claimed that one of the central thematic concerns in Erich Fromm's immense body of critical work is the exposition of a new >radical< humanist ethic, based upon the normative foundations of human solidarity/relatedness and love. The role of community in this ethic is vital, as Fromm argues for the existence of an intrinsically human need for belonging and communion. According to Fromm, the breakdown of traditional societies in modernity and the adoption of strong anti-traditionalist paradigms in both liberalism and Marxism has paradoxically led to the desire in the contemporary individual to >escape< this freedom, too often resulting in an uncritical adoption of what Eric Hobsbawm calls >invented traditions< in order to rediscover a shared sense of humankind. This article therefore contends that 1) Fromm advocates a form of >critical communitarianism<; and 2) that critical communitarianism can provide a strong foundation for an ethical confrontation with neoliberal modernity, and thereby a reconsidered form of community through human solidarity.}, language = {en} }