1st Group Meeting

Deviant Philosophy
3.Paid Work Is Voluntary Servitude
1st Group Meeting

During our first group meeting we tried to create a plan of our actions, decide which argument points to bring up and how best to introduce other people to the discussion.
Working with the idea of contemporary society and the basic need to exist by earning money we came up with a few ideas for the texts we might use. 1. Generation X by Douglas Coupland 2. Heavy Weather by P. G. Wodehouse 3. ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ by Bob Dylan 4. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Generation X takes up the issue of young people stuck at Mcjobs, underpaid jobs with no future and low expectations. Heavy Weather introduces Monty Bodkin a young popinjay who coming from the heights of society has to take on a job to ensure he will be allowed to marry a girl he loves. Lyrics from Bob Dylan’s song show that no matter what social position a person has he will always serve someone. And finally there is Fight Club, first half of the book gives us a description of an individual trapped in a corporate and disillusioned world, his feelings of being a slave to the modern society and standards of living which the same society sets.
Our Lecturer also suggested reading about the Social Contract by Carol Pateman, also Locke and Hobbs. Next week we will try to choose the best materials and start working on the scenario.