http://www.modernexistence.net/ Modern Existence en Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:11:00 GMT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:11:00 GMT info@modernexistence.net info@modernexistence.net http://www.modernexistence.net/mobile-phones-connecting-and-disconnecting-people-and-places/ But the cellphone does more than mix the digital and the physical, more than allow conversation with someone any place in the world from anywhere you happen to be. It... http://www.modernexistence.net/mobile-phones-connecting-and-disconnecting-people-and-places/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/mobile-phones-connecting-and-disconnecting-people-and-places/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:11:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/jung-religion-and-modern-man/ Throughout the ages, religion has been a constant idea within every society and civilisation (Freeman, 1964:1). Freeman (1964:22) suggests that religion in the biblical sense could be described as a... http://www.modernexistence.net/jung-religion-and-modern-man/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/jung-religion-and-modern-man/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:13:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/television-frames-our-lives/ Since the advent of it, television has been increasingly seen as part of the everyday culture in society. Even when people are not watching television; television is seen to frame... http://www.modernexistence.net/television-frames-our-lives/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/television-frames-our-lives/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:55:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/the-power-of-culture-jamming/ In the postmodern global era, the dominant order of the State seems unchallenged by attempts of resistance such as terrorism and cultural jamming, posed by many subaltern groups. Debord (1992:13... http://www.modernexistence.net/the-power-of-culture-jamming/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/the-power-of-culture-jamming/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:38:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/the-uncertainty-caused-by-liquid-modernity/ Since the dawn of time man has been plagued by uncertainty. Throughout history, there are innumerable accounts of civilisations looking towards prophets and visionaries to foretell their future. Ancient civilisations... http://www.modernexistence.net/the-uncertainty-caused-by-liquid-modernity/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/the-uncertainty-caused-by-liquid-modernity/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:56:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/the-everydayness-of-terrorism/ Terrorism is often constructed by the media as extraordinary. On the other hand, it can be argued that terrorism is anything but extraordinary, and that rather, it is characteristic of... http://www.modernexistence.net/the-everydayness-of-terrorism/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/the-everydayness-of-terrorism/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:03:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/compassion-fatigue/ The new epidemic facing modern men and women living in capitalist societies is the spread of compassion fatigue. Through the media, people have been engulfed by images, showing the sorrows... http://www.modernexistence.net/compassion-fatigue/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/compassion-fatigue/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:43:00 GMT http://www.modernexistence.net/the-body-as-never-ending-project/ Since ancient times, body creation and development have been natural processes in people's day to day lives. The Ancient Egyptians adorned themselves with jewellery, basked their skin in oils, and... http://www.modernexistence.net/the-body-as-never-ending-project/#comments http://www.modernexistence.net/the-body-as-never-ending-project/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:26:05 GMT