RUNNING ON THE SPOT
by RENATA SALECL
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RUNNING ON THE SPOT
(Tek na mestu) is a collection of reflections on the problems of modern society and the individual within it. The texts reflect changes in the fields of ethics, medicine, parenthood, genetics, consumerism and poverty. She talks about the anxieties faced by people on a daily basis and the painful choices that do not guarantee a less difficult future. In spite of the constant talk about the need for progress, it seems that societies are more or less running on the spot. Individuals, meanwhile, are both at work and in their private lives constantly under pressure to run better and faster than others. They work ever more so that they can consume more and sooner or later begin to consume themselves. This appears as workaholism, dependence on drugs or alcohol, and in the new symptoms such as anorexia, bulimia and other forms of self-harm.
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RENATA SALECL, a philosopher and sociologist, is a full professor and a research counsellor, employed by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. She is also a visiting professor at the Cardozo School of Law, New York and at the School of Law, Birkbeck College, university of London. Her books, among them (Per)verzije ljubezni in sovraštva ((Per)versions of Love and Hate), and Izbira (Choice), have been translated into ten languages. She also writes columns for various European newspapers, including the Slovene Delo and the Barcelona based La Vanguardia.
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- Publisher MLADINSKA KNJIGA ZALOŽBA
- ISBN/Identifier 9789610145752
- Publication Country or regionSlovenia
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleTEK NA MESTU
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