I am sharing a recently published book review of mine.https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/share/SK23BXXAK2SPFWCWXNQA?target=10.1111/rsr.15976Jan 14, 2023Jan 14, 2023
From habitus to social/cultural memory to religion, thoughts inspired by Pierre Bourdieu.“. . . in each of us, in varying proportions, there is part of yesterday’s man; it is yesterday’s man who inevitably predominates in us…Oct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022
Rationality and spirituality: a non-dichotomous viewOne of the damages inflicted on enlightened minds by tidal waves of modernity is the dichotomous distinction between reason and faith…Oct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022
Modernity and the black hole of meaninglessMax Weber, a German sociologist and philosopher, once commented that “modernity produces a self skilled in the art of discerning the…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Modernity’s challenge to religious traditionsThere has been a misconception among today’s readers that modernity reveals the superstitious nature of religions. Many people believe…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
The impact of modernityAs I have explained in previous posts, modernity, fundamentally speaking, is a colossal overhaul of how humans understand ourselves in…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Baruch Spinoza: the first modern Jewish thinker who launched most destructive attack on all…Baruch Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise (TPT) is now well regarded as “the philosophical founding-document of both modern biblical…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
What is most essential to be “modern”?Thanks to modern science, we know that much of today’s North America was under a giant ice-sheet a few miles thick 10,000 years ago during…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
