The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society
The author contends that any contestation or countercultural movement, no matter how generous, is bound to failure unless it develops as a rational project. Violence, as such, might help visibility, but, in the last analysis, it amounts to nothing more than self-gratifying narcissism, incapable to p...
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author | Franco Ferrarotti |
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description | The author contends that any contestation or countercultural movement, no matter how generous, is bound to failure unless it develops as a rational project. Violence, as such, might help visibility, but, in the last analysis, it amounts to nothing more than self-gratifying narcissism, incapable to produce positive results, even less to satisfy the request of present day youth for a different, more open society. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d289ed8ef8964299a08445046ccccd4f2022-12-21T19:21:14ZengAcademicusAcademicus International Scientific Journal2079-37152017-07-01MMXVII1693210.7336/academicus.2017.16.01The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different SocietyFranco FerrarottiThe author contends that any contestation or countercultural movement, no matter how generous, is bound to failure unless it develops as a rational project. Violence, as such, might help visibility, but, in the last analysis, it amounts to nothing more than self-gratifying narcissism, incapable to produce positive results, even less to satisfy the request of present day youth for a different, more open society. http://www.academicus.edu.al/nr16/Academicus-MMXVII-16-09-032.pdf estrangement; violence; open society; new community |
spellingShingle | Franco Ferrarotti The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society Academicus International Scientific Journal estrangement; violence; open society; new community |
title | The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society |
title_full | The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society |
title_fullStr | The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society |
title_full_unstemmed | The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society |
title_short | The Estrangement of Youth and the Quest for a different Society |
title_sort | estrangement of youth and the quest for a different society |
topic | estrangement; violence; open society; new community |
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