I-Thou or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ in the Post-Pandemic Digital Age

Suresh M

2023

Abstract

‘Covid-19’ is the word that everyone is averse to hear it nowadays. The pandemic has caused havoc in almost all the spheres of human life and the world is still trying to get back into the past. The world is not anymore, the same. Amidst the chaos, one can see the booming of digital media and gadgets that have become the norm of building and defining relationships. While the technologies through apps bring people together, one can see a decay of human dignity and respect in the interpersonal relationships. A perspective of the other as ‘I-It’ (in Buber’s words) in this digital age has fueled crimes of all sorts. Blooming of technologies and gadgets have boomeranged 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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

M S. (2023). I-Thou or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ in the Post-Pandemic Digital Age. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 684-686. DOI: 10.5220/0012501100003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Suresh M},
title={I-Thou or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ in the Post-Pandemic Digital Age},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={684-686},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012501100003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - I-Thou or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ in the Post-Pandemic Digital Age
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - M S.
PY - 2023
SP - 684
EP - 686
DO - 10.5220/0012501100003792
PB - SciTePress