نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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نویسنده English
Adopting a descriptive-analytical method and a genealogical approach, this article examines the transition from modern ethics to the imperatives of the “Age of Authenticity.” The primary objective is to analyze the rise of the “expressive revolution” as the focal point of this transition, wherein the “expressive self” emerges as a new subject by rejecting universal instrumental rationality and modern moral discipline. The paper argues that the intrinsic shortcomings of modern ethics prompted the emergence and convergence of two reformist currents: the “Romantic” (emphasizing the flourishing of desires and the centrality of the aesthetic) and the “Tragic” (embracing suffering and contradiction as the essence of life), which ultimately culminated in the “expressive revolution.” The outcome of this revolution is the formation of “expressive individualism” and new arenas of meaning-making in the form of “post-Durkheimian configurations.” The principles of this transition are manifested in concepts such as flânerie (the flâneur), the “freedom to choose non-eternal ends,” consumerism, and the redefinition of sexuality and the sacred. These concepts materialize in new empirical realms—such as cyberspace, fashion, and new forms of spiritual life—depicting a landscape of postmodern society in which meaning is no longer sought within primordial frameworks and institutional commitments, but rather through pluralistic, uncommitted options rooted in shared spectacle and individual self-expression.
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