Sartre misconstrued: A reply to Michael Lopato’s “Social media, love, and Sartre’s look of the other”
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Philosophy
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Philosophia (Philippines)
Volume
20
Issue
1
First Page
60
Last Page
79
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
© 2019 Philippine National Philosophical Research Society. All rights reserved. In this paper, I endeavor to provide a critical examination of a recent pioneering work that engages Jean-Paul Sartre’s insights in analyzing social media interactions – Michael Lopato’s “Social media, love, and Sartre’s look of the other: Why online communication is not fulfilling?”. I shall show that in so far as Sartrean insights are concerned in Being and Nothingness, Lopato misconstrued what Sartre really meant with the Look of the Other and love, and is mistaken in appropriating such insights in arguing that online interactions are not fulfilling. I shall proceed by first discussing Sartre’s third region of being which is being-for-others which will comprise of the Look of the Other and the two attitudes to retrieve one’s freedom. Second, I shall flesh out the arguments of Lopato. Lastly, I shall present my critique of Lopato’s arguments which constitutes my reply to his work.
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Recommended Citation
Jose, J. M. (2019). Sartre misconstrued: A reply to Michael Lopato’s “Social media, love, and Sartre’s look of the other”. Philosophia (Philippines), 20 (1), 60-79. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/408
Disciplines
Communication | Communication Technology and New Media | Philosophy
Keywords
Online social networks; Other (Philosophy)
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