Monday 2nd November - 07:20 PM GMT
Solo Talk: Privacy is a Contradiction
Chinese Philosophy and the Myth of the Authentic Self
Is the idea of privacy, indeed the idea of the authentic private self, just a dogma of Western individualism? Join Hans-Georg Moeller, expert on Chinese philosophy and host of the Carefree Wandering YouTube channel, as he addresses our theme through the critical lens of Daoist thought. Social media has, he argues, changed the meanings of authenticity, privacy and the self—and this may not be such a bad thing.
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Hans-Georg Moeller
philosopher of ethics and systems theory
Hans-Georg Moeller is a philosopher of ethics, systems theory, Chinese, and comparative philosophy. He is the author of You and Your Profile: Identity after Authenticity, where he argues that in the age of social media we no longer build identity through authenticity, but through the curation of "profiles". His other books include The Moral Fool, The Philosophy of the Daodejing (both Choice Outstanding Academic Titles), and Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi.
He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau.
