hou Or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ In The Post-Pandemic Digital Age

Suresh M ()

SPAST Reports, 2024, vol. 1, issue 1

Abstract: ‘Covid-19’ is the word that everyone is averse to hear it nowadays. The pandemic has caused havoc in almost allthe spheres of human life and the world is still trying to get back into the past. The world is not anymore, thesame. Amidst the chaos, one can see the booming of digital media and gadgets that have become the norm ofbuilding and defining relationships. While the technologies through apps bring people together, one can see adecay of human dignity and respect in the interpersonal relationships. A perspective of the other as ‘I-It’ (inBuber’s words) in this digital age has fueled crimes of all sorts. Blooming of technologies and gadgets haveboomeranged in distancing one from the other. This article is an attempt to redefine human relationships on ‘IThou’ rather than ‘I-It’ in this digital age which alone can concretize the ‘future’ of the human society.

Keywords: moral decadence; proximity; I-thou (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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