Existence, communication, violence and a mainly Kierkegaardian existential approach to communication on HIV/AIDS
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Date
2007
Authors
Chasi, Colin
De Wet, Gideon
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Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State
Abstract
From an existential perspective, it is observed that communication is expressive of the
embodiment of the individual in the world. Communication is above all else expressive
of people's modes of existence. The dimensions of the seer and seen are acknowledged
as they relate to the embodied individual. They permit an understanding of how the
individual fails to contend with the Thou; how it is that the individual is always doomed
to live a life that has the structure of bad faith, where one hides the truth from oneself.
With reference to all of the above, it is noted that communication is violent. But in this
violent character of communication, the eternal source of art is observed. From and in
response to these observations an existential approach to HIV/Aids is enunciated in
which special attention is given to some ideas of Søren Kierkegaard. The idea is to
illustrate that people have the possibility to apply a tactful art of communication to
overcome the limiting violence of communication.
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Keywords
HIV/AIDS, Søren Kierkegaard, Art of communication
Citation
Chasi, C., & De Wet, G. (2007). Existence, communication, violence and a mainly Kierkegaardian existential approach to communication on HIV/AIDS. Communitas, 12, 175-187.