Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Teachers must Care; Students must Attend
That is, mentors must be engaged with mentoring people, seeing the student as an Existenz, with all of the possibility that this entails. And learners must attend, being fully now/here wherever they are, focused on this happening with the mentor. It… Continue reading
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Night Vigil 20140702
We are all hunting. Some for yesterday (redemption), some for tomorrow (expectation). But those who hunt for today (detachment) capture neither debt nor anxiety. Let-go! Continue reading
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Philosophy In the Town Square
A nice little piece by Jack Russell Weinstein: Public philosophy is a practice; it has an internal logic and intrinsic standards of success. Academic philosophy is only a success if something new is brought to the table, if the researcher contributes meaningfully… Continue reading
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Skin Aflame – A Poem and an Abstract
For that beautiful youth Health in your hands… Thanksgiving! For me let there be An intercession! Another deep night Called to this vigil Not by a soul on fire With the compulsion To peer into Abyss But awake, alert Beneath the harsh… Continue reading
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Women in India Aren’t Safe on Twitter Either — Matter — Medium
In addition to harassing women simply because they are women with opinions that differ to their own, some of these men have also imported India’s fault lines of caste and communalism onto social media. They attack women who belong to… Continue reading
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On the Black Universe in the Human Foundations of Color on Vimeo
Francois Laruelle’s aphoristic philosophy of color. via On the Black Universe in the Human Foundations of Color on Vimeo. Continue reading
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Moving Toward the Great Companion
O Thou Encompassing, thou All, thou One Thou Beauty! Thou Truth! Thou Goodness! Letting-go of Suffering. ceasing Frustration. I come now-here: Waking up and opening out. Moderation and Courage Clear a place for Prudence Fortitude and Justice Build a dwelling… Continue reading
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Freed from Gubment, Slaves to Gawd
Libertarianism is a form of anarchism. As an anarchocynic, I am fine with certain forms of American libertarianism. I’ve had very productive dialogs with more than a few very thoughtful folk who have deep libertarian convictions. Unfortunately, that is a… Continue reading
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Maya Angelou, Resquiat in Pacem
Archive of a great in-depth interview with the great Maya Angelou over at the Paris Review. This interview was conducted on the stage of the YMHA on Manhattan’s upper East Side. A large audience, predominantly women, was on hand, filling… Continue reading
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The Dignity of Solitude
In a post two months back, I listed the four moral attitudes that Jaspers holds as the necessary conditions of existential communication. At the top is “the dignity of solitude.” I collect here a few insights on solitude in faith… Continue reading
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Entranced by Reality | The American Conservative
This incisive portrait graces the cover of Robert Zaretsky’s smart, galvanizing new book, A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. Zaretsky’s slim volume churns between sympathetic biography, basic textual exegesis, and his own Camus-inspired reflections. The… Continue reading
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Building a Movement for Happiness
Vermont and Bhutan have embraced happiness rather than GDP as a measure of social success. The world’s happiest countries share surprising characteristics – a small gap between rich and poor; work-life balance; urban design favoring community over cars; high degrees… Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky and the Public Intellectual in Turbulent Times
…[Noam Chomsky’s] many recent books, articles, and interviews have addressed how the new reign of neoliberal capital is normalized not only through military and economic relations but also through the production of new forms of subjectivity organized around the enslavement… Continue reading
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The Aesthetic of the Gay Askesis
Here, Michel Foucault philosophizes in an 1981 interview. Central to his thinking in this back and forth is that being gay transcends the established laws and common customs. It is important to think with him on this. The struggle by LGBTQ for… Continue reading
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We are nothing (and that is beautiful)
A really wonderful TEDx. Continue reading
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Cognitive Consistency and Fan Girls
Great video from Dave at Boyinaband podcasts. This one examines Fangirling in light of the broader phenomenon of cognitive consistency. Good, thought provoking overview of both. Continue reading
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United Religions Initiative
The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. via United Religions Initiative –… Continue reading
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