The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present Tom Bolton Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

90 Prozent des afrikanischen Kulturerbes außerhalb des Kontinents

Er stirbt am 26

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The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present Tom Bolton Philippe ParrenoUntrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity. Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of