Stockholm Syndrome

It follows that what is key and essential overall is to not lose sight of the broader war “for the sake of a fine experience.” And of course, allowing the stream to flow was intended to render it “captive” to the kind of frenzied and hysterical and neurotic “passion” that governs and rules over the … Continue reading Stockholm Syndrome →

Infamous Liberalism

Liberalism – with its two most basic precepts or pillars of individual freedom on one hand and universal rights on the other hand – was the idea or the package of ideas that governed the political and social life of the modern West before it became tainted with crazed and frenzied money worship and brute … Continue reading Infamous Liberalism →

Expressive Individualism

Nevertheless, and despite the fact that the Renaissance spirit took centuries to become mainstream, one cannot underestimate the role and the impact that the rejection of religious and monarchical authority and perhaps authority in general had in the overall transition from Medieval Europe to Modern Europe. As one scholar wrote: “The essence of the Renaissance … Continue reading Expressive Individualism →

The Eclipse of the Papacy

Above all else, we must keep a long view of history in mind, in the sense that the segue between Medieval Europe on one hand and Modern Europe on the other hand was a rejection of religious authority and papal authority to be specific. To describe this segue from Medieval Europe to Modern Europe, Bertrand … Continue reading The Eclipse of the Papacy →

Patrimonial States

It follows that civil disobedience and dissent arise out of very peculiar and specific circumstances and situations, namely, the collapse or the failure of state institutions or state organs. Thus, the past shapes the present, in the sense that certain actions or events led to the situation whereby state institutions or state organs collapsed and … Continue reading Patrimonial States →