Affective Disorders Of The State: A Spinozan Diagnosis And Cure,
2013
Marquette University
Affective Disorders Of The State: A Spinozan Diagnosis And Cure, Ericka L. Tucker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
The problems of contemporary states are in large part “affective disorders”; they are failures of states to properly understand and coordinate the emotions of the individuals within and in some instances outside the state. By excluding, imprisoning, and marginalizing members of their societies, states create internal enemies who ultimately enervate their own power and the possibility of peace and freedom within the state. Spinoza’s political theory, based on the notion that the best forms of state are those that coordinate the power and emotions of those within a state, offers us both a diagnosis of and a cure for these …
Spinoza’S Hobbesian Naturalism And Its Promise For A Feminist Theory Of Power,
2013
Marquette University
Spinoza’S Hobbesian Naturalism And Its Promise For A Feminist Theory Of Power, Ericka Tucker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Community Radio In Political Theory And Development Practice,
2013
Marquette University
Community Radio In Political Theory And Development Practice, Ericka Tucker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
While to political theorists in the United States ‘community radio’ may seem a quaint holdover of the democratization movements of the 1960s, community radio has been an important tool in development contexts for decades. In this paper I investigate how community radio is conceptualized within and outside of the development frame, as a solution to development problems, as part of development projects communication strategy, and as a tool for increasing democratic political participation in development projects. I want to show that community radio is an essential tool of democratization and democracy outside of the development frame. To do so, I …
Reconceiving Responsibility: A Review Of Iris Marion Young’S Responsibility For Justice,
2013
Illinois State University
Reconceiving Responsibility: A Review Of Iris Marion Young’S Responsibility For Justice, Eric S. Godoy
Faculty Publications - Philosophy
In Responsibility for Justice, published 5 years after her untimely death, Iris Marion Young addresses the difficulties of thinking about responsibility in our complex, globally interconnected world. Our everyday errands, such as shopping for food, clothing and even light bulbs, now raise questions about our connection to grave injustices that occur around the world. Yet the limits of our ability to think seriously about these connections are evident. Even tracking responsibility within localized events is difficult when multiple layers of agency are involved. For instance, is BP, Transocean, or Halliburton responsible for the Deepwater debacle? 1 Unfortunately, Young began working …
Does A Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment Of Yes And No. Answer! But Not In Words Or Signs: Reply To Siderits,
2013
Kyoto University
Does A Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment Of Yes And No. Answer! But Not In Words Or Signs: Reply To Siderits, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Mountain By Any Other Name: Reply To Tanaka,
2013
Kyoto University
A Mountain By Any Other Name: Reply To Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
2+1=1: Reply To Ziporyn,
2013
Kyoto University
2+1=1: Reply To Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Contradictions Are True—And Not Out Of This World: Reply To Yagisawa,
2013
Kyoto University
The Contradictions Are True—And Not Out Of This World: Reply To Yagisawa, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Two Plus One Equals One: A Response To Brook Ziporyn,
2013
Smith College
Two Plus One Equals One: A Response To Brook Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Brook Ziporyn argues that our dialetheism is too tame, at least with respect to Tiantai Buddhism. He argues first that from the standpoint of Tiantai no assertions are meant to be true at all, that all use of language is nothing but upāya. He then argues that in Tiantai not only some but all contradictions are true. He grounds both of these claims on the further claim that in Tiantai the relation between the two truths is identity. We reject all of these claims, arguing that the relation of round fusion between the two truths is not that of identity, …
Editor's Introduction,
2013
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA
Editor's Introduction, Glenn Hartelius
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
NA
The Peak At The Nadir: Psychological Turmoil As The Trigger For Awakening Experiences,
2013
Leeds Metropolitan University
The Peak At The Nadir: Psychological Turmoil As The Trigger For Awakening Experiences, Steve Taylor
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
A study of 161 temporary awakening experiences showed that over 23% were triggered by, or associated with, intense turmoil and distress (Taylor, 2012b). Examples of some of these turmoil-induced awakening experiences are given, illustrating the wide variety of traumatic experiences involved. (The type of trauma was found to be less important than its intensity.) These temporary awakening experiences are contrasted with permanent suffering-induced transformational experiences (SITEs). A distinction is made between a primary shift, involving the establishment of a new self-system (which occurs in SITEs), and the secondary shift which may occur after temporary awakening experiences, when the individual’s self-system …
Religion And Spiritual Experience: Revisiting Key Assumptions In Sociology,
2013
University of Maine
Religion And Spiritual Experience: Revisiting Key Assumptions In Sociology, Steven F. Cohn, Kyriacos C. Markides
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
In this paper, we examine the dominant materialist assumption that there is an inherent conflict between sociology, religion, and spirituality. We will suggest that such a conflict is not fundamental and that accepting the possibility that religious experiences might reflect contact with a transcendent reality can enrich the theoretical possibilities of sociology, supplementing rather than replacing existing insights.
Transpersonal Sociology: Origins, Development, And Theory,
2013
Sofia University
Transpersonal Sociology: Origins, Development, And Theory, Ryan Rominger, Harris L. Friedman
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Transpersonal theory formally developed within psychology through the initial definition of the field in the publishing of the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. However, transpersonal sociology also developed with the Transpersonal Sociology Newsletter, which operated through the middle 1990s. Both disciplines have long histories, while one continues to flourish and the other, comparatively, is languishing. In order to encourage renewed interest in this important area of transpersonal studies, we discuss the history, and further define the field of transpersonal sociology, discuss practical applications of transpersonal sociology, and introduce research approaches that might be of benefit for transpersonal sociological researchers and practitioners.
Implications And Consequences Of Post-Modern Philosophy For Contemporary Transpersonal Studies Ii. Georges Bataille’S Post-Nietzschean Secular Mysticism, Phenomenology Of Ecstatic States, And Original Transpersonal Sociology, Harry Hunt
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The writings of the French philosopher Georges Bataille (1897-1962) offer their own contribution to the descriptive phenomenology of mystical and numinous states, as well as a version of the modern secular or this-worldly mysticism variously anticipated by Jung and Nietzsche, and a highly original sociology and social psychology of transpersonal experience, influenced by Max Weber, that helps to open an area not widely developed in recent studies. At the same time, the trauma and personal difficulties in Bataille’s life serve as a stark example of the often distortive effects of spiritual metapathologies on inner development. Bataille’s views of ecstatic states …
“Transpersonal Pakistan”,
2013
Erasmus University
“Transpersonal Pakistan”, Paul Heelas
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The essay is controversial. The argument that Sufi-inspired transpersonal experiences, practices and processes are widespread does not match the popular view of Pakistan as a major homeland of Islamic ‘fundamentalism’ and militancy. Neither does the argument match the views of all those Islamists who bind Sufism to the transcendent theism of tradition. In various ways and to varying degrees, the most illustrious of Sufi saints move away from tradition and the alterity of the Godhead. For this reason Sufi saints can serve as a powerful font of transpersonal humanism, a universal humanism of humanity which plays a critical role in …
A Declaration Of Interdependence: Peace, Social Justice, And The “Spirit Wrestlers”,
2013
Sofia University
A Declaration Of Interdependence: Peace, Social Justice, And The “Spirit Wrestlers”, John Elfers
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The struggle between the Doukhobors, a nonviolent society committed to communal values, and the Canadian Government epitomizes the tension between values of personal rights and independence on the one hand, and social obligation on the other. The immigration of the Doukhobors from Russia to the Canadian prairies in 1899 precipitated a centurylong struggle that brings issues of social justice, moral obligation, political authority, and the rule of law into question. The fundamental core of Western democracies, founded on the sanctity of individual rights and equal opportunity, loses its potency in a community that holds to the primacy of interdependence and …
Emile Durkheim And C. G. Jung: Structuring A Transpersonal Sociology Of Religion,
2013
University of Maine
Emile Durkheim And C. G. Jung: Structuring A Transpersonal Sociology Of Religion, Susan F. Greenwood
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena. An analysis of the constitutive elements in these processes offers a basis for structuring a transpersonal sociology of religion.
Introduction To Special Topic Section: Transpersonal Sociology,
2013
Sofia University
Introduction To Special Topic Section: Transpersonal Sociology, Ryan Rominger
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
NA
Developing Transpersonal Resiliency: An Approach To Healing And Reconciliation In Zimbabwe,
2013
Pastoral Care and Counseling Services
Developing Transpersonal Resiliency: An Approach To Healing And Reconciliation In Zimbabwe, Mazvita Machinga, Harris L. Friedman
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Zimbabwe has been experiencing one of the worst economic and humanitarian crises in modern times, after its people have suffered from horrific episodes of political violence. An approach to healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe aimed at developing transpersonal resiliency, called Lament, Welcome, and Celebration (LAWECE), was designed to be culturally appropriate through involving two distinct versions of psychological and spiritual intervention, one appropriate for traditional Shona values and one for Christian values. LAWECE involves a sequence of activities focused on both individual and community healing, starting with a lamentation process acknowledging the atrocities, followed by a welcoming process that invites …
Intentional Kayaking: Awakening To Intimacy Within The Natural World,
2013
Sofia University
Intentional Kayaking: Awakening To Intimacy Within The Natural World, Nancy M. Rowe
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This article explores the notion of intimacy within the natural world. The author blends personal quest with scholarship from transpersonal psychology, spirituality, nature writing, and philosophy. It highlights the results of a thematic content analysis of journal entries made during a week of kayaking with the conscious intention of being in better relationship with a specific lake community. A thematic analysis of the journal entries that followed this experience revealed that that certain actions, attitudes, and ways of being increased intimacy and contributed to a greater sense of spirituality. She posits that we can all achieve greater spiritual connection and …
