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Tag Archives: Sociology
Anomie and Postmodernism
By Richard Sahn Source: Bracing Views These are not exactly happy times. Americans have fewer safeguards for their jobs, financial well-being, and, ultimately, their very lives. Uncertainty and insecurity have become more prevalent than ever I can remember. As a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Anomie, Byron Katie, Critical Thinking, culture, depression, Economics, Philosophy, Postmodernism, psychology, society, Sociology
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SHAME: How To Beat The Two-System Blame Game That Takes Us Down & Keeps Us Stuck
By Jack Adam Weber Source: Collective Evolution Shame is different from guilt, because guilt is to feel badly about something we have done; shame is to feel badly about who we are. We might develop shame because we have been … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, conditioning, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, fear, Guilt, Health, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, Self-Care, Self-image, Shame, society, Sociology
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Conflict Theory and Biosphere Annihilation
By Robert J. Burrowes In a recent article titled ‘Challenges for Resolving Complex Conflicts’, I pointed out that existing conflict theory pays little attention to the extinction-causing conflict being ongoingly generated by human over-consumption in the finite planetary biosphere (and, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Inequality, Militarization, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Billionaires, Biosphere, capitalism, civilization, Climate Change, Conflict, Consumerism, Consumption, Corporations, Economics, elites, environment, Extinction, Governments, greed, materialism, Military, over-consumption, Philosophy, psychology, Sociology
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Identity Theft and the Body’s Disappearance
By Robert Bohm Source: The Hampton Institute “What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?” – Allen Ginsberg from his poem “ Howl “ Identity theft, at least the most familiar … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Empire, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged big data, capitalism, Commodification, Consumerism, culture, Identity theft, Jean Baudrillard, Personality, Philosophy, psychology, Socialization, society, Sociology, technology
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No Need To Wait – Dystopia Is Almost Upon Us
Source: TruePublica Microsoft’s CEO has warned the technology industry against creating a dystopian future, the likes of which have been predicted by authors including George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. Satya Nadella kicked off the the company’s 2017 Build conference with … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, media, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Augmented Reality, big data, Biometrics, culture, Digital Currency, Dystopia, Economics, Facebook, Google, Internet, Internet Addiction, media, police state, psychology, Social Media, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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“One Long Discomfort”: The Legacy and Future of David Lindsay’s ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’
By Ben Schwartz Source: We Are the Mutants David Lindsay’s masterpiece A Voyage to Arcturus was first published in London in 1920 by Methuen & Co. It came dressed in a simple red cloth cover; no dust jacket, just the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged A Voyage to Arcturus, Books, culture, David Lindsay, Dystopia, Fantasy, Literature, media, Philosophy, psychology, Sociology, Speculative Fiction
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Disarming the Weapons of Mass Distraction
By Madeleine Bunting Source: Rise Up Times “Are you paying attention?” The phrase still resonates with a particular sharpness in my mind. It takes me straight back to my boarding school, aged thirteen, when my eyes would drift out the … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Health, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Attention, big data, Consciousness, culture, Herbert Marcuse, media, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Philosophy, politics, psychology, Smart Phones, Social Media, society, Sociology, technology, Timothy Leary
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On Track for Extinction: Can Humanity Survive?
By Robert J. Burrowes Anyone reading the scientific literature (or the progressive news outlets that truthfully report this literature) knows that homo sapiens sapiens is on the fast track to extinction, most likely some time between 2025 and 2040. For … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Climate Change, Deforestation, environment, fear, Fukushima, Human Extinction, Nuclear War, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Self-hatred, society, Sociology, Terrorization, war
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