but without personal involvement, for mass society is a spectator society
p. 50
Kierkegaard’s Critique of Reason and Society (1992)
“For the amoral herd that fears boredom above all else, everything becomes entertainment. Sex and sport, politics and the arts are transformed into entertainment. … Nothing is immune from the demand that boredom be relieved (but without personal involvement, for mass society is a spectator society).”
Source: Kierkegaard’s Critique of Reason and Society (1992), p. 50
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