Either taste, or control. Establishing an asymmetry of power and maintaining it, given that there can never be a consensus on anything whatsoever. Either pleasure or power. It’s one or the other when it comes to our overriding factor and main determinant of social reality. And in terms of meaning and purpose, there is no … Continue reading Twelfth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Author: adamazim1988
I have a Bachelor's Degree in History/Government and International Relations from George Mason University, and a Master's Degree in International Affairs with a Concentration in U.S. Foreign Policy from American University in Washington, DC. I was born in New York City, and have lived in Northern Virginia since childhood. I am an independent writer and an entrepreneur. I am also a book author.
Eleventh Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
To put it simply, the basic fact of the matter is that there can never be a consensus on anything, let alone these questions which we have posed over the course of time, and if there is no consensus to be reached or had on anything whatsoever, then our philosophical and theoretical exercise and project … Continue reading Eleventh Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Tenth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
And if we were to perhaps go one step past our individual and personal class bias and class situation as a lens or a prism through which we assess and analyze abstract and theoretical dilemmas and issues, from a purely utilitarian standpoint - or in terms of means and ends or goals and strategies - … Continue reading Tenth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Ninth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
And given this “complex divergence” that is taking root between what are essentially the haves and the have nots of the world - it is not even about religion in the very end; religion merely plays the role of a dependent variable in this whole mix or scheme - it becomes a question of how … Continue reading Ninth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Eighth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
The endgame of world history or the telos of world history is either the triumph of religion, or its diminution. And of course, with the rise of the West a few centuries ago, modernity assumed the upper hand over religion. Now, and as statistics show, there is a “complex divergence” that is taking root in … Continue reading Eighth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Adam A. Azim 