Future ShockedJohan Van Schaeren
In recent years, moral rules have evolved at a remarkable speed. There are heated social debates around themes such as gender, climate and race. Activists are running ahead, others are pushing the brakes in response. Whipped into a frenzy by social media, polarization is taking on unprecedented forms. What's going on here? And how do we quickly achieve the necessary progress in this tense situation?
Future Shocked is a director's personal quest. He looks for answers to questions that Generation X, sandwiched between the "wokers" and the "boomers", struggle with today. Based on interviews with moral philosophers Patrick Loobuyck, Tinneke Beeckman and Katleen Gabriëls, sociologist Walter Weyns and psychologists Herman Konings and Tom de Bruyne, and illustrated with lots of video footage, the film provides insight into how social change works, why our moral landscape is changing so much and how we can counteract polarization.
Society Visions of the future Psychology Dutch spoken or subtitled Critical thought Philosophy
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Directed by Johan Van Schaeren
Belgium
2021 120 min.
Dutch, English
Subtitles: Dutch
Programme
Focus on Philosophy
credits
Director
Johan Van Schaeren
Script
Johan Van Schaeren
Cinematography
Wouter Elsen, Vincent Langouche
Editing
Matthias Therry
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