SOURCES OF THE SELF - WIKIPEDIABefore considering the sources of the modern identity, Taylor illuminates the inescapable and yet often unarticulated, or unseen, moral frameworks within which contemporary moral values exist. Taylor articulates these moral frameworks in terms of three axes.
WORLDS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN | FULL FILM | AMERICAN MASTERS | PBSPremiere date: August 2, 2019 | 0:53:25 | Video expires August 30, 2019 Best known for her science fiction and "Earthsea" fantasy series, celebrated and beloved author Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) wrote 21 novels, 11 volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, 12 children's books, six volumes of poetry and four of translation during her life.
THE MCPHEE METHOD « THE JSOMERS.NET BLOGWhen I first started writing for a real publication, I taught myself âreportingâ with a simple self-made curriculum unfolding over six or seven articles. The first two pieces I wrote from my head, with reference to things I already knew or to books Iâd read. For the third, I actually got out of the house, but didnât yet have to play the journalist; I just wrote about taking a flying lesson in a small airplane. The fourth article required more gumption: I decided to shadow a friend of mine for a day while he did his job as a derivatives trader. Iâm not sure how he got me in the door.
TECHNOFEUDALISM VERSUS TOTAL CAPITALISM - AMERICAN AFFAIRS JOURNALHow to describe decadence? It is easier to agree on its features than to arrive at a consensus conceptualization: economic decline, low productivity growth, withered state capacities, and a social landscape characterized by high inequality and crumbling infrastructureâbut also fused with high-tech innovations, often directed to surveillance and control. But what could it all mean, other than âdownâ? The concept du jour is premised on the notion that we are leaving capitalism and entering a new form of feudalism, which recalls the hierarchy, domination, and stagnation of the old. This understanding of contemporary decline has given rise to the technofeudal thesis. And while the observations of technofeudal theorists are not without use, feudal talk is ultimately a distraction from decay; it is a mediatic plaything. It cannot function as a fire alarm, nor a pair of binoculars. What its theorists describe may be real, but they misunderstand its natureâŠ
ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER | THE POETRY FOUNDATIONMuch have I travellâd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browâd Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till IâŠ
HOW TO DROP OUTPeople who work get bored when they donât work.
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LES UX - WIKIPEDIAThe UX (short for Urban eXperiment) is an underground organization of urban explorers who improves hidden corners of Paris. Their work includes an undercover effort to repair and restore the PanthĂ©onâs clock,[1] building a cinema â complete with a bar and a restaurant â in a section of the Paris Catacombs underneath the TrocadĂ©ro, restoring medieval crypts, and staging plays and readings in monuments after dark. The groupâs membership is largely secret, but its spokespeople include Lazar Kunstmann.[2]
QIN HUI, "DILEMMAS" - READING THE CHINA DREAMQin Hui, âDilemmas of Twenty-First Century Globalization: Explanations and Solutions, with a Critique of Thomas Pikettyâs Twenty-First Century Capitalism â[1] Translation and IntroductionâŠ