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Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 2.

March 14, 2020 · David Vella ·

We live in a culture that tends to define the self in accordance to the status of its body and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. The corporal self-identity of contemporary times frequently goes under the name of ‘fitness’. It is a measure of aptitude for life in consumer culture and a service economy.

Tagged With: capitalism, consumerism, fitness

Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 1.

February 29, 2020 · David Vella ·

We live in a culture that tends to define the self in accordance to the status of its body and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. The corporal self-identity of contemporary times frequently goes under the name of ‘fitness’. It is a measure of aptitude for life in consumer culture and a service economy.

Tagged With: capitalism, consumerism, fitness

Queues and Empty Shelves Reveal Our Fear of an Uncertain Future

February 26, 2020 · Raisa Galea ·

Deep down, everyone embarking on a panicked shopping spree harboured no illusion about the time and place they inhabit. They simply understood that, in a society where nobody cares about the needs of others, their security is their own concern. 

Tagged With: capitalism, COVID-19, uncertain future

Eyes on the Street: the Spectacle of Urban Life

February 13, 2020 · Rachael Scicluna ·

In the 19th century, new social practices, such as the promenading up and down the streets, mainly by men, reflected a new economic reality. Streets proved to be the right passages as architectural commodities for a capitalist economy rooted in visualism. The body became an artefact of display, which demanded the gaze of the onlooker.

Tagged With: capitalism, sexuality, urban planning

“Picking up Rubbish”—It’s Black and White…

May 5, 2019 · Kathrin Schödel ·

Picking up rubbish can be perceived differently depending on the circumstances… and skin colour of those doing the cleaning.

Tagged With: capitalism, discrimination, racism, worker's rights

Five Myths About Marx

March 13, 2019 · Michael Grech ·

Contrary to persisting myths, Marx’s work was not a bigoted crusade against the capitalist world he lived in: in fact, he thought that capitalist society was a step ahead of the feudal one and was a necessary precondition for socialism.

Tagged With: capitalism, equality, Marxism, socialism

That is Why

June 8, 2018 · Julian Delia ·

a poem by Julian Delia

Tagged With: capitalism, poetry

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