Abstract 61
M. Sreenathan
M. Sreenathan
Ethos of Dissent and
Agony of Apathy
We all
agree that societies without dissent are lethal and disastrous. Also, we are so
unconscious on its ramifications. The present exercise is proposed to look at
the dissent culture within the backdrop of culture of indifference. The
semantic sphere of dissent can be understood only by unraveling the gravity of
apathy. With this premise, the said problem is expected to be reviewed in the
context of Kerala in order to explore the underpinnings of dissent and apathy. How
are attitudes about the dissent socially constructed in the cultural context of
Kerala may be an intriguing enquiry.
The
public space of Kerala has been attributed as the culture of dissent. Such a
painted identity masks the reality of culture of indifference. There is not
much discussion about missing of collective voice in recent decades as the
symptom of social pathology. Utilitarian ethics linked doctrine of progress
made the society more sedentary. Most of
the social issues that something people prefer not to talk about and thus the
way the apathy has enveloped the social ecology of Kerala.
To better understand public perceptions of
dissent, it is important to study how individual attitudes are structured and
the negotiations of meanings are made. The subject of dissent will be analyzed from
the point of view of its language. It is
blamed that the public was constructed as unfeeling or uncaring when it comes
to the issues of social concern. The absence of action is rated equivalent to
absence of concern. In such context, how the dissent is expressed and
communicated is the theme of the enquiry. The language of dissent can be
adopted, adapted or modified through time. The diverse communication strategies
in use can acknowledge the gravity of encounter between dissent and apathy. This
study attempts to map the diverse culture of expression manifests dissent and
analyze the psychic mechanisms underlying the appearance of apathy. It is
expected that such an attempt can establish the apathy- dissent interface.
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