This strikes me as nostalgia. Things worked back then. We understood romance, passion, dating and flirting. Nowadays we've lost the touch. It's a cold, heartless, lonely world where all the common meanings have hollowed out and nobody knows what anything means anymore. Freedom from tradition gives way to anxiety and insecurity.
Maybe it has something to do with this? More a case of the old ties and meanings decaying in a postmodern world of circulating messages. We have to use our skills to create provisional ties that enable us to get through the chaotic darkness of an everyday life now modelled on shoppping.
Time for reality television to fill the gap.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at June 3, 2003 10:57 PM | TrackBackhey, don't knock reality tv, heh heh.
but i think you're being unduly pessimistic gary. as long as humans have hearts there will be romance, love, lust, passion. we may be dazed and confused about 'society' but we will always have 'home' and 'family/friends' and that's meaningful enough for me
maybe i'm missing your point though
Posted by: Gianna on June 4, 2003 10:02 AM"romance, love, passion, desire, lust"
----all these emotions are shaped by social bonds. The bonds that connect bodies together are fraying. So we become liquid moderns here to day gone tomorrwo.
Are the bonds of fiendships and family holding firm in these postmodern market times?
Posted by: Gary Sauer-Thompson on June 4, 2003 03:33 PMIf the rich truly believed there was 'no such thing as society' they wouldn't bother being rich. Even as they mouth the commandments of 'economic man', they spend hours creating and bolstering their own social spheres. They send their kids to places where they 'belong', which inculcate the 'right' values and talk about the history of their families competing in titanic struggles against other media dynasties.
Posted by: dj on June 4, 2003 04:04 PM'liquid moderns' - i like that. (liquid moderns with modems, frequently...)
i can only speak for myself i guess, but i don't find the bonds fraying. then again i'm single eh. but the family/friendship connections are strong to the point where i would sometimes like them to fray a little.
and further to the above...we are all stars in our own reality shows
Posted by: Gianna on June 6, 2003 10:14 AMI assure you, I'm only the guy who appears to make the start look good.
Posted by: dj on June 6, 2003 11:50 AMGianna
what about the bonds of romance and intimate relationships? They seem very loose and fragmentary