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Carpe Diem : Tales of Desire and the Unexpected
Author(s) -
Smeyers Paul,
Lambeir Bert
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00226
Subject(s) - loneliness , consolation , interpretation (philosophy) , popularity , meaning (existential) , aesthetics , expression (computer science) , psychoanalysis , psychology , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , social psychology , art , literature , linguistics , computer science , programming language
Education generally and philosophy of education in particular cannot turn a blind eye to the world of young people. Thus there are interesting questions about artists such as Marilyn Manson: is his popularity due to the performance or the music? Is his act an expression of frustration at the lack of an answer to the question of the meaning of life? And is the quest for the sensual the modern version of carpe diem ? After noting the creative and destructive tendencies of ‘seizing the day’, this paper highlights different characteristics of this idea. An interpretation is offered in terms of sensuousness, the enjoyment of art and confrontation with the other. Present‐day so‐called nihilistic tendencies can thus be understood somewhat differently, in terms of consolation for the loneliness of the human condition.