{"id":72,"date":"2007-05-15T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogue.uqam.ca\/consumption\/consumption-and-narcissism\/"},"modified":"2007-05-15T04:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T09:34:00","slug":"consumption-and-narcissism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogue.uqam.ca\/consumption\/2007\/05\/15\/consumption-and-narcissism\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumption and narcissism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">Absorbed with grading student papers and exams, I present a shorter than usual chronicle today. While briefer, it will nonetheless be interesting, because I know the subject to be highly controversial and that my comments will leave no one indifferent. Some will applaud my intervention, but others, perhaps a majority, will disagree with me. I nevertheless allow myself this criticism. As I recently wrote a reader of this blog: \u00abIf I did not want to be criticized, I need only not publicize my opinions\u00bb. <\/span> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">Some of us have seen adver<\/span><span lang=\"en-CA\">tising or a newspaper article concerning the \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com\/LMC2\/en\/index.html\">Body Worlds 2<\/a>\u00bb exhibition presented at the Montreal Science Centre, from May 10 to September 16 2007. Thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com\/LMC2\/en\/expo\/plastination.html\">plastination<\/a> process, those wishing to do so may now preserve their body indefinitely, and even display it publicly after their death. I agree that it is an innovative and useful technology to train scientists, doctors for instance. However, I have yet to be convinced about the allegedly educational and artistic use proposed; I don&#8217;t understand why some reporters praise the genius of exhibiting corpses. I see nothing brilliant about exposing artificially preserved human bodies in grotesque postures.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">In faculties of Medicine, respect is demanded for bodies donated to science by people wanting to contribute to the advancement of knowledge. Where is respect in such a display of human flesh?<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\" lang=\"en-CA\">If the consumer society has favoured the emergence of a fundamentally individualistic, indeed selfish, world, we have now reached a summit in narcissism for people who thus display themselves after their death. For those paying to see this gruesome show, it is more appropriate to talk about a voyeurism-like phenomenon. Moreover, it is truly revolting to see some get rich using such dubious methods.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">Egocentric<\/span><span lang=\"en-CA\">ity in some, voyeurism or craving for profit in others; it is quite sad to see people thus forgetting human\u2019s divine nature!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">I&#8217;m eager to read your comments\u2026 whether you agree with me or not.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbed with grading student papers and exams, I present a shorter than usual chronicle today. While briefer, it will nonetheless be interesting, because I know the subject to be highly controversial and that my comments will leave no one indifferent. Some will applaud my intervention, but others, perhaps a majority, will disagree with me. 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