Ian P. Costello
For my Midterm project I will author a manifesto, which
through logical discourse seeks to “morally” delegitimize the current power
relationship between the corporate powers that be, the advertising and
production giants, and the remainder of the populace in both the developing and
developed world.
This manifesto will critique heavily the tenets and
practices of the capitalist institution, but will not be exclusively a Marxist
critique. The manifesto will attain the
moral high ground largely through an ecological perspective. The Manifesto will seek to point out dated
institutions and practices in need of revision, as well as pointing out the
direction for development in this new and critical era of transition.
The Crux of the argument is essentially that under the
current system of relations the majority of the global population is relegated
to a position where they are only valued as a mechanism for producing capital
for a very select few (a means to an end).
Furthermore this system is unsustainable and is threatening to the
entire ecosystem.
Some sources used will be: Marx and the Communist manifesto,
for outlining and providing a basic critique/terminology for capitalist
criticism, Noam Chomsky’s Lecture on manufacturing consent, for outlining the
new paradigm of psychological control and the roll of the individual in a
democratic society. The writings by Guy
Debord will be crucial, Nieztche and his writings on morality and human nature
from Beyond good and evil, for the purposes of illuminating notions of human
nature, writings by Alan Watts and his lecture series Ecology and Religion as a
model for understanding ecological relationships between humans and their
environment, The book Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin, a book that helps
provide many insights into essential aspects of the manifesto and its
reasoning, and finally both the U.N. and American Bill of Rights which stand as
a high water marks for egalitarian and humanitarian social policy. Other minor sources may be cited.
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