We are living in an accelerated condition. What does acceleration do to our thinking may be an interesting question that we may ask ourselves. Does acceleration speed up the thinking of the masses? Does it slow it down? We Goans are also experiencing a social acceleration. What it is it doing to us is an important issue that we...
Being Susegad at a Time of Coronavirus – III
At a time of great uncertainty , we Goans will do well by unearthing the critical power of our susegad attitude. It being a performative anticipatory predisposition is reflexive but not mindless. It has the mind of its own and is associated with what I called zero thinking. It is a transcendental form of living that immerses into the...
Being Susegad at a Time of Coronavirus – II
Zero is not just an empty space holder. It is also a multiplier of space and value. The power of zero is mathematically fully explored. One can also find its philosophical explorations. Zero opens an unbound space. It truly presents a blank slate. It is a matrix of power that can lead to fresh germination of ideas and visions....
Being Susegad at a Time of Coronavirus – I
The susegad attitude is unique to Goans. It is reflexive for us. We cannot fully theorize it. It is like a floating signifier. This is so because it makes our identity. Claude Lewi-Strauss , French anthropologist teaches that ‘identity is a sort of virtual home to which it is essential that we refer to explain certain things.’ Maybe we...
Susegad Goan Under Acceleration – II
Speed of life in hair splitting. It has transformed us humans. Today we are in the fast lane. We exhibit what we Goans call Takit. On the wings of technology our life is more and more technicizied. Perhaps we are unable to discern its impact because of an original fault of Plato. Technology and Anthropology has begun to regret...
