The wasted human

The file discusses the various forms, levels, and colors of human wastefulness: starting with the waste of blood, criminalization, prohibition, exile, and deportation at home and abroad; tyranny and its mechanisms of control over behavior, taming living energies; passing through the waste of thought, awareness, youth, and institutions; and ending with existential wastefulness in daily life. This waste, which may reach the level of ontological illness, makes every discussion about democracy and development an insignificant matter as long as the foundational and obligatory condition has not been met, which is the recognition of the human being as valuable, esteemed, protected, capable, and aware. Every person in our world has their share of wastefulness, which varies in form and amount, hindering or obstructing the project of building a quality life and shaping the future. The general goal of this work is to raise awareness of the apparent and hidden cases of wastefulness and to uncover their mechanisms, as a necessary step to confront them and to undertake the mission of reclaiming the human dignity of the human. It presents a counter-perspective to wastefulness, represented by positive thinking and positive feelings towards oneself, serving empowerment and psychological well-being. This work is far from comprehensive in the issues it raises, and it is also far from providing definitive answers; its main ambition is to launch a mechanism of reflection, dialogue, critique, negation, and opening new horizons of research, leading to insight and contemplation. Number of pages: 350 Year of publication: 2013 Publisher: Arab Cultural Center