I posit, whether one is an exponent of the reductive/disjunctive or a free-floating intellectualism, so long as such a one brings his or her intellectual work to the public (e.g., in published writing, teaching, and policymaking) he or she is a public intellectual. Given this special condition, does a public intellectual whose work influences humanity have a responsibility to the public citizenry at […]
MULTITUDE PARADIGM
To what extent can “multiculturalism” be an everyday practice for folks? Before one could answer that question, one should define culture. In trying to define culture one is faced with a vast array of thoughts and ideas. Although definitions across multiple disciplines could cause confusion, perhaps definitions offered by some anthropologists would suffice. Edgar Schein describes culture as […]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
What people mean by the term social justice may vary depending on the social psychology of individuals. Moreover, the ideological apparatus of a society can, to a great extent, determine the parameters that define what social justice means to the majority of members of that society. To be sure, people are strongly affected by their […]
ETHICS & MYSTICISM
Are there ethical aspects to mysticism? There is a misunderstanding amongst the “learned” as well as the “average” thinking persons that mysticism is essentially an escape from humanistic responsibilities. The mystic, it is falsely believed, retreats into an esoteric paradigm to suppress his or her sorrows and by extension forget the rest of humanity’s suffering. […]
MEDITATIONS OF THE GREEK MASTER
The Primary Agent is still, without any sort of movement at all. Its stillness produces its image, which is the intellect; but not in a thing, for its image is a vessel, noble and powerful, superior in nobility and power to all lower vessels. In that image are all science and knowledge, because when it […]