By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Jun 23
How Will (and Should) We Feel Nationalist Pride in the Future?medium.comThe Case for Transformative Nationalism
How Will (and Should) We Feel Nationalist Pride in the Future?medium.comThe Case for Transformative Nationalism
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Jun 23
Is Nationalism Good, Bad, Ugly, Pathetic, or Glorious?medium.comA digest of the 20 ways academics have described and understood nationalism
Is Nationalism Good, Bad, Ugly, Pathetic, or Glorious?medium.comA digest of the 20 ways academics have described and understood nationalism
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Jun 23
https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/9-levels-of-freedom-higher-degrees-of-political-freedom-are-possible-9105cfcc55a09 Levels of Freedom: Higher Degrees of Political Freedom Are Possiblemedium.comOn a freedom scale from 1 to 9, even the “best” countries of today would only score about a 5 for most of its citizens
https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/9-levels-of-freedom-higher-degrees-of-political-freedom-are-possible-9105cfcc55a09 Levels of Freedom: Higher Degrees of Political Freedom Are Possiblemedium.comOn a freedom scale from 1 to 9, even the “best” countries of today would only score about a 5 for most of its citizens
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 5 Jun 23
Secular Karma, Spiritual Reasonmedium.comIs there such a thing as Karmic law? What goes around comes around, huh? Or does it? Everybody gets what they deserve in the end. Or do…
Secular Karma, Spiritual Reasonmedium.comIs there such a thing as Karmic law? What goes around comes around, huh? Or does it? Everybody gets what they deserve in the end. Or do…
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Jun 23
Real Rebels Risk Disapprovalmedium.comFake rebels just stay on the safe side and “critique”. The irony and sarcasm of the last few decades just doesn’t carry any longer — it’s…
Real Rebels Risk Disapprovalmedium.comFake rebels just stay on the safe side and “critique”. The irony and sarcasm of the last few decades just doesn’t carry any longer — it’s…
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jun 23
In terms of development from modern life, to postmodernity, and onwards to what I call “metamodernity” the most fundamental principle is this one: Modernity divides social reality into clearly distinguished spheres, like art, religion, market, politics, science, the civil sphere, and private life. Postmodernism challenges and breaks out of the confines of these categories, escapes the implicit definitions of “what art can be”. Metamodernity begins to come online when art has escaped from its modern confines and now, as a genie out of the bottle, begins to recreate all of society in its radical experimentation and creativity. Let’s be honest,
In terms of development from modern life, to postmodernity, and onwards to what I call “metamodernity” the most fundamental principle is this one: Modernity divides social reality into clearly distinguished spheres, like art, religion, market, politics, science, the civil sphere, and private life. Postmodernism challenges and breaks out of the confines of these categories, escapes the implicit definitions of “what
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
So what happens to people who are far-from-average-in-multiple-ways is that they gain some pretty unique insight into the frailty and arbitrariness of social hierarchies: every now and then people notice your strong sides, and assume you’re walking around in God mode, and every so often they notice your weak side and write you off as far, far below them. It’s confusing for everyone involved, not at least for the neurodivergent person herself. It usually takes years and years to settle on a path in life and set nuanced and reasonable expectations upon life, as one gets so wildly conflicting messages
So what happens to people who are far-from-average-in-multiple-ways is that they gain some pretty unique insight into the frailty and arbitrariness of social hierarchies: every now and then people notice your strong sides, and assume you’re walking around in God mode, and every so often they notice your weak side and write you off as far, far below them. It’s
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
Yep, they’re bad guysmedium.comMy early 2017 appraisal of these two public intellectuals proved more on point than I could have imagined
Yep, they’re bad guysmedium.comMy early 2017 appraisal of these two public intellectuals proved more on point than I could have imagined
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
Spiritual Bungee-Jumpingmedium.comJumping off the edge of your “maps of meaning” takes a sense of inner safety
Spiritual Bungee-Jumpingmedium.comJumping off the edge of your “maps of meaning” takes a sense of inner safety
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/has-our-culture-decayed-or-progressed-1915166a62f8Has Our Culture Decayed or Progressed?medium.comHave you noticed that previous generations were both more crude, violent, and racist in their values, but somehow also more innocent and…
https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/has-our-culture-decayed-or-progressed-1915166a62f8Has Our Culture Decayed or Progressed?medium.comHave you noticed that previous generations were both more crude, violent, and racist in their values, but somehow also more innocent and…