apathy

Thank you for the article by George Sokolsky on the public apathy to impudence.

Experience of this time diffusion ranges from a sense of utter apathy to a feeling of desperate urgency to act immediately.

Others displayed utter apathy and indifference to any decision about the past or the future.

This does not coincide with the apathy and lack of motivation experienced by the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60 % for the first time in history, 12 % down on 1997.

Signs and symptoms of the depressive phase of bipolar disorder include persistent feelings of sadness, anxiety, guilt, anger, isolation, or hopelessness ; disturbances in sleep and appetite ; fatigue and loss of interest in usually enjoyable activities ; problems concentrating ; loneliness, self-loathing, apathy or indifference ; depersonalization ; loss of interest in sexual activity ; shyness or social anxiety ; irritability, chronic pain ( with or without a known cause ); lack of motivation ; and morbid suicidal ideation.

Some thinkers see benefits with people being absent from public affairs, since too much participation such as revolution can be destructive, yet too little participation such as total apathy can be problematic as well.

But they could never have delivered economic self-management, they would always have been slow to innovate as apathy and frustration took their inevitable toll, and they would always have been susceptible to growing inequities and inefficiencies as the effects of differential economic power grew.

Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys, in the song " Saturday Night Holocaust ", likened disco to the cabaret culture of Weimar-era Germany for its apathy towards government policies and its escapism.

Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo said that disco was " like a beautiful woman with a great body and no brains ", and a product of political apathy of that era.

Montag is shocked that Mildred didn't tell him the grim news sooner and more disturbed over Mildred's apathy over the death of someone Montag had genuinely liked.

Montag snaps back by mentioning Mildred's overdose, Clarisse's death, the book woman who burned herself, and how society is falling apart due to apathy, ignorance, and a pending war, then states that maybe the books of the past have messages in them that can save society from its own destruction.

The best governments in the world cannot succeed in pulling a country out of the quagmire, out of apathy, if they do not express themselves as national energies ... Strong governments cannot result either from conspiracies or from military coups, just as they cannot come out of the machinations of parties or the Machiavellian game of political lobbying.

* Fatigue, weakness, apathy, lethargy, daydreaming, sleep

Major clinical signs include weight loss ( often accompanied by an increased appetite ), anxiety, intolerance to heat, hair loss, muscle aches, weakness, fatigue, hyperactivity, irritability, hypoglycemia, apathy, polyuria, polydipsia, delirium, tremor, pretibial myxedema, and sweating.

Each Archon or Death Angel represent a value, group or an action ( aid organisations, child abuse, mafia, apathy, judicial systems, etc.

As a general expression of positive sentiment ( a stronger form of like ), love is commonly contrasted with hate ( or neutral apathy ); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust ; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is sometimes contrasted with friendship, although the word love is often applied to close friendships.

The early Methodists acted against perceived apathy in the Church of England, preaching in the open air and establishing Methodist societies wherever they went.

In contrast to morphine, which was used to alleviate pain in the injured but also to boost the esteem, stamina, and drive of German soldiers in combat, methadone had effects that have been described as such ; " Dolophine ( Methadone ) had many adverse effects on the soldiers to whom it was given, leading to apathy, lethargy, and decreased willingness to engage in combat ".

The complete destruction of all meaning and all values would lead to an existence of apathy and stillness, where positive actions, affirmative actions, would be replaced by a state of reaction and destruction.

* Buckley NA, Roberts D, Eddleston M. Overcoming apathy in research on organophosphate poisoning.

The album included " U-Mass ", which has been described as being about college apathy, and whose guitar riff was written years before at the University of Massachusetts before Francis and Santiago dropped out.

Alternatively, punk artwork may contain images of selfishness, stupidity, or apathy to provoke contempt in the viewer.

This view is opposed to the classical theological doctrine of divine apathy.

After the initial euphoria of replacing Milošević, the Serbian population, in reaction to this political maneuvering, was sliding into apathy and disillusionment with its leading politicians.