In his essay Liquid Modernity, sociologist Zygmunt Bauman noted how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Western society found itself short of utopians capable of imagining a different vision of the future.
Today, with global warming, rampant pollution, the de-humanization of labor with echoes of modern slavery, the race for money as a means of survival, and institutionalized consumption, we are in urgent need of social alternatives that can bring people back to rhythms more aligned with human nature. Slowing down, recycling, reusing, working less in order to live more.
These are the themes that Luca Sciacchitano, author of the essay From Bulimic Consumerism to Degrowth, will address on May 6 at 4:00 PM, at the Civic Center of the Waldensian Church, Via Orlandini 38.
It will be an opportunity to take stock of our lifestyles, of the consumerist model we are forcefully squeezed into, and of the possibility of a different social framework.
The discussion will explore bulimic consumerism, the hours taken away from our lives in order to earn money, the way we then use that money, and how the media (by design) stimulate a perception of reality that ultimately becomes destructive for both humans and the environment.
From bulimic consumerism (bulimismo) to degrowth: a form of slowing down based on overturning our scale of values. Working less to live better, consuming less to work less, working with dignity instead of submitting to contemporary forms of slavery.
TORNA AGLI ARTICOLI
