Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2. Chapter 1, Concentrate on
the topic on Seduction
3. Chapter
2,
Instead
of
presenting a relationship
between the Male and the
Female, present a more
postmodern form of idea
leading towards a new ethic
Actions taken
a) Title
has
been
resolved
by
revision
b) Revision of the
title is done. It is
revised into A
Postmodernist
Reading
of
Seduction through
Baudrillards
Simulacra Towards
a
Concept
of
Ethics
Title is revised so
as to conform to
the
recommendation
The whole thesis
is revised so as to
conform to the
recommendation
Done
Conform:
Jordan Averilla
Scribe
Prof. Alvin Sario
Panel
Gerry Bajaro
Chairman
A Thesis
Presented To The
College Of Arts, Sciences Education
Aquinas University of Legazpi
In Partial Fulfillment Of
The Requirements for the Degree Of
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy
By
DAN CHRISTIAN SABAO
Panel Members
This Thesis which is entitled, A Postmodernist Reading of
President
Member
Member
Testimony of Approval
This thesis is entitled, A Postmodernist Reading of Seduction
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction
Since the dawn of man, Sex had been a part of its culture,
social life and lifestyle. Sex had undergone numerous criticisms from
philosophical and religious ideologies. It has also made what we see today
in our postmodern world: It basically populated the whole world, it
affected the media and arts, it gave rise to Birth Control and it changed
how people interact with each other. What leads to sex? Seduction enters
the scene. In our history, women apply decorations to their body or wear
clothes that attract men which would lead eventually if it permits, to sex.
People now use tools in which they can seduce other people for sex. Not
all of them are aware that they seduce other people by the way they wear
their clothes, take their pictures, move, look or even talk. Women are
generally the individuals who seduce and on the other hand, men crave
for sex. When someone sees or feels this seduction, they are attracted
and their sexual urges are stimulated. There are many examples in which
people are lead to sex; the present era doesnt see anymore the sanctity
of the subject as having been said by the traditional way. Marriage has
been modified so as to satisfy the urges of the human emotion: there are
now homosexual marriages, marriage between lesbian people or at worst,
postmodern, different ideas of ethical concepts have arisen and with this
reality, we would like to know also if these ethical concepts are acceptable
as good and moral even if it is affected by the appearances which lead
people if they are not aware, to unethical concepts which can affect the
future of the human race. With the postmodernist era at hand and
appearances which seduce people to believe in the aesthetically alluring
as good and true, I would like to read through the present era so as to
lead towards a new concept of ethics which would, I hope, will enlighten
the people of this era and make the future of mankind ethically justifiable.
attractive to the opposite sex. The human person will realize that they do
not perceive realities but just appearances: appearances that are not
really the truth but just simulations of the real truth. Social media is
famous today. It created a connection which connected the whole world
and made conversations with people half way around the world just a
click away. People can now show what they do, what they want and what
they have. The internet has created a whole new world of its own,
creating a world of appearances that deceive the human person into
believing that it is reality. With Social Media, seduction is just a post
away in facebook and a tweet away in twitter. Seduction stimulates
Sexual urges that makes it easy for advertisements to sell what they want
to sell. In connection with this, this study will make us aware of the
dangers of Social media and Television. It advocates appearances which
make us neglect rationality and make way for things that stimulate the
senses. Female discrimination is also an issue today. The use of seduction
as a tool to make money and to entertain men lowers the dignity of
women. It also endangers the lives of millions of children to rape, incest
and early pregnancies; soon-to-be-born children are in danger of abortion.
This study will make us aware that most of these sensualities can deceive
and bring chaos to morality and the meaning of the family. It will make
people think and remember the sanctity of marriage and procreation of
children.
sex and morality. It will show how sex operates today in the postmodern
world and how it is used in the present time. In this connection, the scope
of this study is all about seduction, sex, the postmodern concept of the
simulacrum and most importantly, a conception of a new ethical concept.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
a. The Postmodern Period
This
is
Postmodernism is a
period
where
postmodernism
is
relevant.
the
postmodern
is
period
which
Jean
Paul
may
exhibit
represents but
an
exact
appearance
with
what
of
it
b. Seduction
Seduction is a way to attract someone. Philosophically, it is
that which extracts meaning from discourse and detracts it from its
truth. When someone seduces, he or she uses appearances to attract
someone for a specific purpose.
of the one who seduces.
c. Sex
Sex is a universal concept. It generally pertains to the
reproductive capabilities of human beings as conformed to its
genitalia. Sex can mean something like gender, sexual intercourse,
human reproduction or biology.
d. Ethics
Endnotes
Mark Poster, (2003). Jean Paul Baudrillard: Selected Writings.
United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, p 167.
Jean Francois Lyotard, . The Postmodern Condition. Manchester
University Press. Appendix, p 1.
Mark Poster, (2003). Jean Paul Baudrillard: Selected Writings.
United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, p 149.
CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
I.
Jean Paul Baudrillard
a. Biography
Jean Paul Baudrillard was born in Reims, North Eastern France
on July 27 1929. His parents were Civil Servants. During his High
School Studies in Reims, he encountered pataphysics which was
said to be crucial in developing his later thought. He studied
German Language and Literature and became a teacher. While
teaching, he began to publish reviews and translations of the works
of several authors including Karl Marx. During this time as a
teacher, he begun to transfer to sociology where he completed his
thesis the system of objects where he ended also teaching
sociology.
He traveled also to the US and Japan. While in Japan, He was
given
his
first
photographer.
camera
which
eventually
made
him
into
He
developed
Philosophy
where
he
developed
seduce
someone
into
believing
that
the
appearance
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
or
Conceptual framework
Chapter 3
Methodology
The first agenda of this study is to present the concept of
seduction in todays postmodernist setting. To present this concept, I have
to expose and open the idea of postmodernism so as to pick up the
concepts of sex and seduction to thoroughly study the concept which
would lead to my own ideology of how seduction affects the people of this
time in which it is now, postmodern. . It will make a blueprint of todays
postmodern condition by looking on the raw evidences of todays modern
culture and ideologies. The second agenda of this study is to present the
concept of simulacrum which is Jean Paul Baudrillards concept. The study
would show on how this concept affects how seduction behaves in the
postmodernist setting. Using his concept of the simulacrum and after
understanding its true aim and meaning, it is very relevant to see it in the
perspective to what is happening today in the postmodern period. The
third and most important agenda is how, on these presentations of these
two concepts, we can arrive on a new concept of ethics. The presentations
of the concepts are not just in the light of the related literature but by
these related literature and studies, I will be inspired to present a new
ideology in which I would arrive on a new concept of ethics so as to apply
this new concept on the postmodern condition to give betterment to the
present ethical situation of the time. Thus, simply the method of this
study is first to present and understand; out of this presentation and
understanding create a new concept to apply it to the specific concept
aforementioned.