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Solarpunk and The Vestiges of the Ascetic

June 4, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

About a month ago I had an idea for a book on a subject in which my knowledge it too limited to fill an entire book. The premise is that Transcendence, or experiencing transcendent consciousness, is overrated. It is directly related to the ancient conceptualization of the Righteous Nation. A more detailed clarification of that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anti-Capitalism, Kindness Literacy, Solarpunk Tagged: Africana, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Human Rights, literature, ontology, publishing, Richard Rorty, Righteous Nation, science, Science Fiction, Solarpunk, transcendence, utopia

Righteous Nation Ideology in Science Fiction and Climate Justice Today

May 24, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

John F. Sitton’s criticism in ‘Hannah Arendt’s Argument for Council Democracy’ (Polity) and Odd Arne Westad’s outline of the Korea’s Neo-Confucian ‘Righteous Nation’ ideology (Empire and Righteous Nation) perfectly shows what we know about the intended goals of the Abrahamic god, and the limitations of that god’s promises. This is essentially a conclusion that comes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anti-Capitalism, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, The Orville Tagged: Abrahamic god, activism, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, god, John F Sitton, Odd Arne Westad, Realism, Righteous Nation, Science Fiction, Star Trek, The Orville, utopia

Societal Progress, Anti-Capitalism, and the Vision for a Culture of Emancipatory Human Rights

May 24, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

To paraphrase Walter Benjamin, violence in society exist to protect the law. The law exists to protect those in power. It falls within any society’s rights and responsibilities to protect themselves from a government of institutionalized violence. A change in power structures is not as far-fetched as many would have us to believe, limited by … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anti-Capitalism, The Orville Tagged: Anti-Capitalism, capitalist, Culture, currency, Decolonization, Emancipatory, Emmanuel Levinas, Human Rights, Kelly Grayson, Ken Booth, Responsibility, Sofia Monsalve Suárez, The Orville, Universalism, utopia, Violence, Walter Benjamin

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