Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Intelligent Design and The Discovery Institute's Misplaced Outrage
Found : Intelligent Design and The Discovery Institute’s Misplaced Outrage See, the problem here for West is not that no one is listening to the ID scholars; the problem is that we are listening to them and their own words are in direct contradiction to the tactical marketing campaign that the DI is trying so…
Read MoreMarx, Batille and Nietzsche
FOUND: link Marx: The energy of the proletariat will be released through collective action. Bataille: Bravo! We can be noble savages again. Nietzsche: It would be better to release the energy of those who are truly noble– the higher men. Why not start a secret society and create our own values? Bataille: Brilliant! What do…
Read MoreUnited States of Amnesia
FOUND: this STAGE ONE Psychological: Pervasive Anxiety & Nervousness. Feelings of Insecurity & Inferiority. Compulsive Behavior all resulting in Mild Depression. Psychological effects are not incapacitating and day-to- day functions are still handled however concentration and focus are real issues. Spiritual: Subtle awareness of spiritual energy or entity surrounding (watching) you. Restless sleeInability to remember dreams.…
Read MoreRene Girard and Violent mimesis
FOUND: The Spirituality of Nonviolence: On Not Becoming What We Hate The more a tragic conflict is prolonged, the more likely it is to culminate in a violent mimesis,” writes Rene Girard; “the resemblance between the combatants grows ever stronger until each presents a mirror image of the other.” With what visage, then, did the…
Read MoreThe Recovery of Soul in the Wreckage called Western Culture
FOUND: The Recovery of Soul in the Wreckage called Western Culture According to some writers and psychologists, Western culture is in neurosis and has been living in its shadow-side for most of this century. For instance, W.B. Yeats and Carl Jung saw our culture resting in the Sidpa Bardo as described in The Tibetan Book…
Read MoreSecular Superstitions
FOUND: Cafe Hayek: …I’ve become convinced that a major difference separating libertarians from non-libertarians is libertarians’ hostility to secular superstitions. I’m not talking here about belief in spiritual deities. Many libertarians (like myself) are atheists; many others (like my co-blogger Russ Roberts) are deeply religious. But almost by definition, all libertarians reject the notion that the…
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