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darwin: creating the pretext for a dilemma

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dave

…It is a strange paradox that Darwin, who gave up shooting because of the cruelty it entailed, should have been one of the begetters of the strident power philosophies of the late nineteenth century. The notion of the struggle for … Continue reading →

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getting no satisfaction: a hollow world going wrong

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dave

Desire and Disillusion. That technical progress with its transformational capacity could finish by alienating the individual giving rise to consumerism fueled by invidious comparison and a spirit of competition which would appropriate Darwininian contexts to establish political, social and hegemonic … Continue reading →