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Technological Advancement and Human Primitivism in Don DeLillo’s White Noise
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The purpose of this article is to examine the paradoxical relationship between technological advancement and human primitivism in Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1985), through the lens of C.G. Jung’s concept of “Archaic Man,” which posits that modern humans and primitive beings are fundamentally the same. The novel depicts how media technologies, such as radio and television, connect the small town of Blacksmith to the outside world but overwhelming its citizens with a constant flow of information and disaster news. This constant flow of one-way information leads individuals to depend on the media rather than relying on their own sensory judgment and reasoning. Furthermore, this real-time disaster news broadcast amplifies the citizens’ primal fears of death, causing these modern humans to turn to superstitions, just like their primitive ancestors. Ultimately, the novel suggests that modern humans, despite technological advancement, may not have transcended their primitive origins and, in some ways, may have even regressed to be more incompetent than their primitive ancestors. Their primal fears remain unresolved, challenging the transhumanist idea of an enhanced human condition.
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The purpose of this article is to examine the paradoxical relationship between technological advancement and human primitivism in Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1985), through the lens of C.G. Jung’s concept of “Archaic Man,” which posits that modern humans and primitive beings are fundamentally the same. The novel depicts how media technologies, such as radio and television, connect the small town of Blacksmith to the outside world but overwhelming its citizens with a constant flow of information and disaster news. This constant flow of one-way information leads individuals to depend on the media rather than relying on their own sensory judgment and reasoning. Furthermore, this real-time disaster news broadcast amplifies the citizens’ primal fears of death, causing these modern humans to turn to superstitions, just like their primitive ancestors. Ultimately, the novel suggests that modern humans, despite technological advancement, may not have transcended their primitive origins and, in some ways, may have even regressed to be more incompetent than their primitive ancestors. Their primal fears remain unresolved, challenging the transhumanist idea of an enhanced human condition.
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