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A Re-Visioning of “Civilization” in Light of Impending Apocalypse … Prometheus Made us “Civilized” … And Doomed: 21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 13

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Thirteen: On Defiance, Alienation from Nature, “Civilization,” Apocalypse, Marxism, OWS, and Ayn Rand Will “Progress of Man” Be Humanity’s Epitaph? All of the “achievements” of “civilization,” these increases of control over Nature, are traditionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, anthropology, Arab Revolution, Arts & Entertainment, Environment, globalrevolution, Health and wellness, History, Literary, News and politics, occupycollege, occupywallstreet, Poetry, psychology, Spirituality, WeThePeople | Tagged abomination, abstract, achievements, activists, Adam, advance, agriculture, alienation, ambition, ancient, answers, Anthem, apocalypse, apple, Arab Spring, art, Atlas Shrugged, atom, authority, Ayn Rand, birth pain, blessing, Byron, capitalism, castles in the sky, civilization, civilzed, consciousness, control, creavtivity, criminal, culture, current-events, death, defiance, dilemma, divine, divine order, DNA, doomed, ecocide, Eden, epitaph, eve, evolution, fire, Frankenstein, French Revolution, fukushima, hero, heroism, hubris, human-rights, humanicide, humanity, humans, humanticide, Icarus, idealogy, imperialism, karma, knowledge, language, life, literature, Marxism, Mary Shelley, mathematics, meat, medicine, myth, nature, nuclear, occupy wall street, oppression, over-reaching, ows, Pandora, politics, polluters, postmodern, power, progress of man, Prometheus, punishment, Re-Vision, real, rebellion, redemption, religion, revolution, revolutionaries, science, selfish, separation, Shelley, society, species, species annihilation, species suicide, stand upright, status, structure, writing | 33 Comments

Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death, Meat, and Murder … Beginning Our Apocalypse: 21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 12

Posted on May 13, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Twelve: Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death , Meat, and Murder… How We Started Our Slide Into Savagery Deep Thought on the Falls – Meat, Sacrifice, and the Determination of … Continue reading →

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