Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 37 No. 1, 2017.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi37103
Ontological Status of War in Media-Represented Reality
Marija Selak
orcid.org/0000-0002-1842-2688
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Lučića 3, HR–10000 Zagreb
Abstract
In the tradition of philosophical thought, especially in the field of ontology, we often link polarization between war and peace with the distinction between good and evil. Accordingly, peace as the absolute and unchangeable condition is defined as good, while war as the changeable condition of an imperfect human world is attributed as a consequence of the metaphysical evil (Leibniz). However, if we understand evil as a practical problem (Svendsen), then the discussion shifts to the question about the intelligence of evil (Baudrillard), and the amount of our inclusion in its repression. Hence, in this paper we will observe some of the contemporary understandings of evil with the emphasis on the new modes of struggling, often intermediated by different kinds of media manipulations (terrorism). This paper will try to determine the ontological status of war in a media represented reality.
Keywords
war; evil; Jean Baudrillard; terrorism; media; ontology; theodicy
Hrčak ID:
187886
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Publication date:
16.3.2017.
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