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…]
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…]
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…]