University of Warwick researcher calls for re-think on celebrity obsessed culture

A philosophy professor at the University of Warwick has urged for a re-evaluation of our notions of celebrity – calling for a return to when fame was a reward rather than simply a goal.

Professor Angie Hobbs made the call as the country gears up for the next instalment of Celebrity Big Brother, which starts on Channel 5 on August 18.

The Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy has recorded a podcast exploring what Plato would have to say about the popular reality TV show and goes on to discuss the nature of celebrity and he differences between the way we view fame today and how it would have been perceived by Plato and his contemporaries.

The relevance of fame to Platonic notions of psychology is considered, and Professor Hobbs offers her own insights into what today’s celebrity culture says about the psychological condition of modern society.

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