Dilemma in Cyber-Living：Finding a Solution from the Perspective ofModernity Theory(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2018年03期
- Page:
- 17-
- Research Field:
- 政治学理论与实践
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- Title:
- Dilemma in Cyber-Living：Finding a Solution from the Perspective ofModernity Theory
- Author(s):
- ZHAO Hong-can
- Keywords:
- cyber living; theory of modernity; cyber Leviathan; cyber Utopia; cyber-imposed invisibility; cyber indulgence
- PACS:
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- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- We now live in an era in which the Internet has deeply penetrated into and shaped the modernity.The living dilemma，characterized by human beings ’invisibility imposed by the Interne（t i.e. cyber invisibility）and their excessive indulgence in the Internet activities（ i.e. cyber indulgence），has been aggravated by thetheoretic and practical paradoxes caused by the modernity such as human beings’ reduction to an abstractsubject in theory，the suppression and absence of their rationality and the liberation of their sensation due tothe alienation in practice，and their carnival aspiration stimulated by their rejection of submitting to discipline.The living in cyberspace faces two challenges，i.e. Cyber Leviathan and Cyber Utopia. In order to overcomethe living dilemma in cyberspace，it is necessary to transcend the epistemological logic featuring the binaryopposition between the subject and the object through focusing on the perceptual activities of“ the individualin reality” from the perspective of Marxist theory of practice；to enable the Internet users to benefit from thenew technologies and live a productive life in cyberspace（ hence a productive relationship between man andmachine） through improving their personal quality；to promote the Internet users to construct a productiveinterpersonal relationship in cyberspace through accumulating the online social capital；to ensure a harmoniousrelationship between one’s ego and his super-ego through keeping alive his awareness of his subjectivity；and to help the Internet users finally achieve a balanced living among different types of tension in cyberspacethrough strengthening the governance of cyberspace and building a user-friendly cyber ecology.
Last Update: 2018-05-25