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Homo Globalis

The search for meaning in an infotainment culture.

Religion
From Tribalism to World-Citizenship

Carlo Strenger on March 27, 2012

Between the rockets from the Gaza strip and the endless debate about Iran, last week I participated at an event that showed where Israel could be heading—the first Israel Singularity Convention held at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Between the rockets from the Gaza strip and the endless debate about Iran, last week I participated at an event that showed where Israel could be heading—the first Israel Singularity Convention held at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Trauma
Psychoanalysis Meets Existentialism: Robert Stolorow on Trauma and Authenticity

Carlo Strenger on April 26, 2011

Our culture is addicted to the promise of quick fixes for all ailments. Robert Stolorow, in a poignant study of trauma, shows that only by embracing life's tragic dimension, can we truly understand our own lives, and live them authentically.

Our culture is addicted to the promise of quick fixes for all ailments. Robert Stolorow, in a poignant study of trauma, shows that only by embracing life's tragic dimension, can we truly understand our own lives, and live them authentically.

Fantasies
Celebrity and the Power of Reality TV

Carlo Strenger on February 23, 2011

Celebrity has become the modern version of fame: the road to immortality. The allure of Reality TV is that it documents the 'magical' transformation of ordinary mortalis into demigods of celebrity.

Celebrity has become the modern version of fame: the road to immortality. The allure of Reality TV is that it documents the 'magical' transformation of ordinary mortalis into demigods of celebrity.