Death Before Dying

We mentioned that from an in-depth psychoanalytical perspective, it is death and eros which form the basis or the foundation for psychosocial life. Death and eros are the two main drivers or factors behind psychosocial life in general. We covered eros from a Freudian and Jungian perspective to a great extent and degree through the … Continue reading Death Before Dying →

Nationalistic Universalism

We can infer, then, that in reality, all of it is a matter of psychoanalysis. But of course, the global economy is now the structure within which we seek to find our personal happiness and satisfaction. That is in essence the big picture, if not the whole picture. How nationalistic and religious fervor comes into the picture … Continue reading Nationalistic Universalism →

Gemeinschaft

Supranational or internationalist ethics and institutions such as the ‘United Nations’ assumes that there are shared beliefs, ethics, and values between different nations. But nationalism and its “ethical system” upends such an assumption. To borrow from Morgenthau: “Nations no longer oppose each other, as they did from the Treaty of Westphalia to the Napoleonic Wars, … Continue reading Gemeinschaft →

A Fraction of Mankind

If world history is essentially a process based on change, and change has cultural meaning which stems from a “cultural apparatus” to borrow from Mills, that cultural apparatus which prompts change and explains the cultural meaning of change is the intellectual class or the intelligentsia. To borrow from Mills: “Intellectuals are now living in a … Continue reading A Fraction of Mankind →