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Overview. Modern cynicism has been defined as an attitude of distrust toward claimed ethical and social values and a rejection of the need to be socially involved. [2] It is pessimistic about the capacity of human beings to make correct ethical choices; in this aspect, naiveté is an antonym. [3]
Jan 20, 2022 · The modern cynic rejects things out of hand (“This is stupid”), while the ancient cynic simply withholds judgment (“This may be right or wrong”).
Nov 25, 2020 · Cynicism was the most striking branch of the Socratic tradition, revolutionising moral discourse by insisting upon the basic animal nature of the human being: shameless in their manner of living, pissing, satisfying their sexual needs in public.
Dec 27, 2017 · The present article articulates classical Cynicism as a philosophy as a way of life along these lines. Additionally, classical Cynicism offers a valuable contribution both to current...
Cynicism as a way of life: From the Classical Cynic to a New Cynicism. Dennis Schutijser. In light of the recent revival of interest for philosophy as a way of life, Cynicism has received relatively little attention.
Jan 1, 2023 · The first is a modern cynicism that rejects many traditional ethical standards as being too idealistic and impractical. A second cynicism comes from critics of modernity who sought to undermine the epistemic and moral pretensions of modernity and modern thinkers.
This essay examines contemporary diagnoses of cynicism, issuing from scholars such as Peter Sloterdijk, Frederic Jameson, and Slavoj Žižek, to distill a clear concept of cynicism and its social and political consequences.
