JK Philosophical Praxis

JK Philosophical Praxis : COVID-19 A Boundary Situation : It cannot be denied that the post-modern humans are living today in an unsatisfactory human condition after the horror of the novel COVI...

Dhangal is a biographical sports drama.   In this film, Amar Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat plays the role of a coach in wrestling. He trained his daughters (Geeta and Babita) to become world class champions. Mahavir singh himself was a wrestler who gives up wrestling profession because of the unavoidable circumstances of employment and his dream of winning a gold medal for his country was shattered. However, he vows that his son will Dhangal in the light of philosophy I believe our philosophical training enable us to reflect and interpret the film from philosophical perspectives. To me, this could be the rationale behind such endeavors. If not, watching a movie would be more oriented towards fun and aesthetics entertainment. As students’ of philosophy, we should also look at such situation with a critical eye. According to my observations Dhangal has both the positive and negative aspects. In this connection, I would like to address and explore both the positive ...

“Knowledge without character is dangerous and a man of knowledge without moral character is more dangerous than a wild beast,” said Dr. B.R. Ambadkar. Human beings share various common traits with beasts, but humans alone have the propensity to control the beastly traits and raise above the beastly nature by developing righteousness and other human qualities. There are various characteristics that distinguish humans from beasts. Rational apprehension, morality, sense of responsibility, social relations, values, make humans human in a profound sense. It is important to see what made me rethink this distinction. The unnecessary change in human behavior and actions intended to harm fellow humans transforms them into beasts. With the result despite progress in various dimensions, the human realm is facing a serious crisis that has threatened peace security and harmony of our societies. This is one of the reasons that violence and hatred rule our societies, peace...

It cannot be denied that the post-modern humans are living today in an unsatisfactory human condition after the horror of the novel COVID-19. This critical situation reminds me, Karl Jaspers's idea of the "boundary situation". The boundary situation is generally different from other situations. In the sense, it undermines humans' sense of security and threatens its entire being. One can imagine of boundary situation when one's life is shattered by extreme circumstances that seem difficult to overcome. A situation becomes a boundary situation 'when it succeeds in awakening the individual self to its existential content. As we observe today the atmosphere of anxiety and dread of death spreading throughout the world. The phenomenon of fear prominently the nosophobia and hypochondria not only generates psychological instability and existential anxiety in the people but also sharpens individuals' consciousness of the final call (death) that is not less t...