Tag Archives: Kierkegaard

The Relationship Between Religion and Ideology

Posted on April 1, 2023 by greg

Both religion and ideology are sets of beliefs or ideas which try to explain how things work in the world and society and based on it create a set of rules people may follow. Both espouse world views that are … Continue reading →

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How Fantasies Support Late Capitalism

Posted on February 1, 2023 by greg

The market is an anxious social fantasy, supporting the purported natural order in the economic realm. ‘Late capitalism,’ in its current usage, is a catchall phrase for the indignities and absurdities of our contemporary economy, with its yawning inequality and … Continue reading →

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On the Limitations of Motivational Interviewing for Jobseekers

Posted on December 1, 2021 by greg

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a style of working with a client that focuses on allowing the client to direct the change rather than telling the client what they need to do. It is about having a conversation about change. It … Continue reading →

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How Empowerment Can Drive Real Change

Posted on November 1, 2021 by greg

Empowerment has been defined as an intentional ongoing process centered in the local community, involving mutual respect, critical reflection, caring, and group participation, through which people lacking an equal share of valued resources gain greater access to and control over … Continue reading →

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About the Paradigm Shift Created by the COVID Pandemic

Posted on October 15, 2021 by greg

A paradigm is our perception of reality, our view of the world. It is our interpretation of events based on previous teaching we have received. When physicist Thomas Kuhn introduced the concept in 1962 he wanted people to think of … Continue reading →

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The Paradigm Shift Created by the COVID Pandemic

Posted on August 15, 2021 by greg

A paradigm is our perception of reality, our view of the world. It is our interpretation of events based on previous teaching we have received. When physicist Thomas Kuhn introduced the concept in 1962 he wanted people to think of … Continue reading →

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How Political Nihilism Affects Your Freedom

Posted on January 9, 2021 by greg

Political nihilism is the belief that no government is really needed, it believes that individuals can get by without any social institutions – consistent with a minimal government that never gets too bad – in that there is not much … Continue reading →

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Communities Must Strive to Restore the Concept of Freedom

Posted on June 10, 2020 by greg

Ongoing austerity and policies of uncertainty can be seen clearly in the ongoing and ruthless assault on the social state, unions, higher education, workers, students, poor minority youth, and any vestige of the social contract. While this position in fact … Continue reading →

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The Truth on Societal Progress: Addressing a Failing Economic Model

Posted on October 1, 2019 by greg

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), an English philosopher and economist, believed that society was evolving towards increasing freedom of individuals and held that government intervention ought to be minimal in political and social life. Spencer’s survival of the fittest concept was believed … Continue reading →

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Why the Power Elite Disguise the Truth

Posted on October 1, 2018 by greg

One of Søren Kierkegaard’s recurrent themes is the importance of subjectivity, which has to do with the way people relate themselves to (objective) truths. What he means by this is that most essentially, truth is not just a matter of … Continue reading →

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