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Jiang's working definition of modernism: a social order obsessed with self-improvement, self-empowerment, and the self as source.
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cult of the self
Jiang's working definition of modernism: a social order obsessed with self-improvement, self-empowerment, and the self as source.
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Glossary
Jiang's compact definition of modernism as obsession with self-improvement, self-empowerment, and the self as the center of culture.
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definition
Modernism is defined for this lecture as the cult of the self: a culture obsessed with self-improvement and self-empowerment.
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diagnosis
He argues that modernist art was spread by capitalist Western powers to create a cult of the self as a response to communism's appeal to collective action.
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diagnosis
Social media democratizes the cult of the self by letting everyone participate in self-indulgence that previously belonged mainly to the wealthy.
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normative
The final answer to why Freud's ideas became popular is that they serve the interests of the powerful, and the solution is to rediscover humanity by choosing to put others before the self.
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definition
Modernism is defined as the cult of the self: a culture obsessed with self-improvement and self-empowerment.
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diagnosis
The cult of the self is said to make collective action impossible by teaching that the self is the source of everything.
diagnosis
Social media is described as democratizing the cult of the self: what only the wealthy could once enjoy becomes available to everyone, producing a global depression epidemic.
normative
Jiang's proposed solution is to rediscover humanity by caring for others, putting others' interests before one's own, and killing the cult of the self.
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"...definitions of modernism, but for us, the easiest definition is cult of the self. We live in a world, in a society, in a..."
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"...this art, this modernist art, in order to create a cult of the self. Because if you believe in the cult of the self,..."
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"You have more purpose in life. All right. So let's bring this to the present day. Social media. What social media is, it is..."
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"world, not only in North America and Europe, but also in Latin America and East Asia as well. So the call of the self,..."
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"...definitions of modernism, but for us, the easiest definition is cult of the self. We live in a world, in a society, in a..."
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"...reformed for a better world. in order to create a cult of the self. Because if you believe in the cult"
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"...right, so why would that be bad? Why would the cult of the self be bad? Well, this is Mikhail Bukhanyan, and he explains..."
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"greater good okay that is what that what that is that is what will make you really happy and that's generally true because think..."
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"you see this huge spike in depressive symptoms because 2015 is the year when it access with smartphones right so now young people feel..."
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"a powerful and that's the world we live in today the only solution moving forward is if we rediscover our humanity if we are..."
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"...right. So why would that be bad? Why would the cult of the self be bad? Well, this is Michael Buchanan, and he explains..."
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Modernism begins as a religious problem before it becomes psychology, literature, art, social media, and depression.
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Freud is not introduced as a neutral founder of psychology.
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