Open AccessOpening views against the closure of the world
Author(s) -
Brij Mohan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environment social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-8975
pISSN - 2424-7979
DOI - 10.18063/esp.v1i2.48
Subject(s) - mainstream , modernity , feeling , closure (psychology) , consciousness , sociology , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , art history , art , media studies , philosophy , psychology , epistemology , theology , law , political science
The book in review is a brilliant critique. A touching dedication in memoriam to Charlie Hebdo (p.ix) reminds me of the infamous 9/11 when I was conducting a doctoral seminar in 326, HPL building. An ominous feeling overwhelmed my consciousness and I told the kids, “It’s the end of free society”. Professor Hermann has delivered a penetrating critique of modernity and the mainstream theories and facts of life that perpetuate euphemisms of progress.