Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Battlefield 1, Theodor W. Adorno, Social Darwinism
11 Nov 2014
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Enders game 3: your own war - oct 7, 2014. In a time of crisis, there isn"t a lot of debate. Public paradigm can shift or fracture without ppl in paradigm ever admitting its happened. Cicero: in a time of war, the law is silent. Idea of darwinism - survival of the fittest - becomes the top predator. White people were better than everyone else on the planet. As graff tells ender, we could be wiped out but earth would move. Nature is looking for the best surviving animal. As a species we have evolved to survive. Process where we begin to see the human race as the top survivor not only on the planet, but in the galaxy. Adorno: german philosopher, born in 1903 died in 1969. What they found was that genocide could happen anywhere. Us saw themselves as being the guarantor of freedom worldwide. Anyone could be a nazi with the right training.
