The author of the monograph, Vesna Stanković Pejnović, has taken on a subject that is both demanding and important: the end of the Enlightenment in the age of the absoluteness of capital, manipulation in the service of capital, and the impossibility of a spiritual revolution.
From the age of industrialization, we are entering the age of robotization, in which people increasingly resemble zombies. Their minds are lost, they lack spirit, culture, dynamism, intuition, and self-respect. Mediocrity prevails in politics, just as it does in science, literature, and religion. The higher the level of development of humanity, the greater the chances of its collapse, because capital rules all social spheres. The phenomenon of awe toward institutions of power, whether social or political, and fear as a public articulation of views contrary to the prevailing opinion is increasingly present.
The “political elite” no longer decides anything, but simply implements the directives it receives from the outside, whether they are directives from the World Bank, the EU, the World Trade Organization, international banks, insurance companies, or companies that completely dominate the national economy because they are literally the owners of that national economy.
Since the emergence of bourgeois society in the West, natural language has been gradually replaced by artificial, purposefully created ones. Politics and economics, through manipulation, make life bearable and direct the public in a direction that is beneficial to the institutions of power. People in large numbers lose their inhibitions and moral standards and become susceptible to emotions. Since politics is based on illusions and lies, it is interesting and important to point out that bigger lies evoke greater faith and acceptance.
The style of the author of the monograph is excellent, clear and distinct, marked by high consistency, and its content-wise complex thought is accessible not only to the philosophical audience, but also to wider circles of the public, to all those who want to find out what our era is really about.
In conclusion, this is a book that also possesses a strong enlightening power.
