On Lost in Translation: A Pessimistic Critique of Consumerism

Journal of Speculative Philosophy 36 (1):34-50 (2022)
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ABSTRACT Several elements of the philosophical pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer are used to explicate the critique of consumerism advanced by the 2003 film Lost in Translation. The negativity of fulfillment and the suffering involved in desire as primed by consumerism, as well as the ideological function of the phenomena of celebrity, are examined in the process.

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10.5325/jspecphil.36.1.0034

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