Although the origins of Valentine's Day celebrations are not knownhistorical tradition Doesn't look like todayWonderful goods, and We can blame Hallmark for that. In 1913, it pioneered the commercialization of Valentine's Day through the Valentine's Day card industry, which was later followed by the chocolate, flower, and jewelry industries in the mid-1980s.
While some local differences remain, globalized cultural exports have influenced how Valentine's Day is celebrated today. It is said that we have A perspective on romantic relationships It changes because of this and that phenomenon The ways we express love Cross cultures are fading in favor of Western and patriarchal “norms”.
With digitalization, Dating started to take a different shapeYoung people are open to ideas of flexibility, unrestricted commitments, and open communication.
But while some struggle to reform relationships to be more equal and inclusive, others are deeply troubled by it; Blame these changing standards on their loneliness.
The lack of love and growing resentment has produced a toxic online culture of misogyny, where feminists are seen as the ultimate problem. We talk about love and passion, and why it couldn't be more wrong with today's guests.
Knight of Kochi Gezagen He is an intersectional LGBTQIA* activist, performance artist, and Ethiopian producer of queer knowledge and culture. They are the co-founder of House of Guramayle and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors African rainbow austria; The first organization created by and for African LGBTQI+ communities in Austria.
Karen Franzen She has been working as Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University since 2020. Her research examines the history of subjectivity in pre-modern, modern and contemporary European literature and deals with formations of subjectivity. She has published on medieval and early modern women writers' appropriations of thematic positions in the tradition of courtly love.
Leah Julie Ritterfeld She is a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Vienna, and is conducting her research on… Loveless lives and alienated minds: The cognitive implications of incels. It works on extremism, resentment, and love from a cognitive perspective.
We meet them at the Erste Foundation Library in Vienna.
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sources
Valentine's Day: How did it start and become popular in the United States? By Amber C. Snyder, Teen Vogue.
Is Valentine's Day just a capitalist holiday? Written by Grace Proctor, Exepose.
Valentine's Day: A Global Perspective By Markus Geisler, HuffPost.
Love (and Business) Unlimited: Valentine's Day has gone global Written by Chris Jackson, Ipsos.
Generation Z and love: fluttering, then falling By Hermine Doncel and Dino Subašić, Uranit Plus News Agency.
Related readings
Iris Murdoch and the cognitive importance of love By Cathy Mason
Reasons for love By Harry Frankfurt.
Cold Intimacies: The Making of Affective Capitalism By Eva Illouz.
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