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Affichage des articles du décembre, 2021

Subjecting the Self to Power: A Review in The Psychological Life of Power by Judith Butler

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Submission, is the most action that makes a person live fear in all its details, yet submission may turn into a reassuring state at the moment when a person is consistent with his idea, so he becomes a follower subject to accountability or subject to it, and this may lead us to question the reasons why the self is subject, and transforms it from a free active self to a defeated self,  accepting the state of submission to authority, satisfied with it and surrendering, which is what the American philosopher Judith Butler addressed in her book ( The Psychic Life of Power ). In her book, Butler discusses the concept of the subject of an authority, trying to explain how that subject submits, accepts, and sometimes gets involved in submitting to an authority that loses its identity. How does Butler explain the subjection of the self to authority? What is the psychological form exercised by power over the self? And what makes extra-self power a psychological form that constitutes the self-id

Humans: A Brief History of Failure and How We Ruined Everything by Tom Phillips.. On the disruptive power of human beings

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Have you ever wondered about the usefulness of our existence in life? Have you thought about the extent of the destruction caused by man since his existence? How can we praise ourselves for the reality we have destroyed? In his book “ Humans: A Brief History of Failure and How We Fucked it All Up ” Tom Phillips  tries to present a different viewpoint from many of the literature and books presented by man throughout his long history, civilization, writers and authors hastened to talk about heroes and their achievements, turning killing and destruction into heroics and victories that poets write about and sing about. Damn what did we do? Phillips begins a book, A Brief History of Failure, with this question, to talk within ten chapters that he begins by talking about the reason for the foolishness of thinking in humans, which crystallizes in his arrogance and his amazing ability to modify the facts in proportion to his story that he wants to publish, which begins according to our viewpoi

The reading harvest of Bill Gates and a selection of the best books he read in 2021

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       Whenever you think that you have no more time between taking care of the house and working hours and chatting with friends, take a look at the blog of the businessman and one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates, and check out the books he liked. At that time, the words of Ali bin Abi Talib will be confirmed within you when he said: “And you think that you are a small crime and within you is the greater world.” Gates Notes is an online blog in which this intellectual writes about books he has read and loved, novels he advises us on, and people he has met. In it he tells many tales that show his encyclopedic knowledge and explain the genius of this man and his great success.   In this article, we talk about 5 books that Bill Gates loved to read this year and soar in the sky, hoping that time will stop to take a look at them before the end of the year. Where will this voracious reader carry us? Are his readings related to the field of technology and science only, or w

Immortality: In its medical and philosophical dimensions: is it the goal of every human being?

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Perhaps the pharaonic inscriptions and the ancient civilizations that left us traces of expression of one desire, ancient and as old as the entire human species. Since the dawn of history, mankind has had one basic desire, to conquer death. Paradoxically, in trying to achieve that desire, they managed to achieve miracles. From myths and archeology, through arts and religions, to the era of science, technology and space travel. All these human accomplishments share one desire, which is immortality. Analyzing man into his basic elements: what is immortal and what dies? “To be mortal is the most basic human experience, and yet man has never been able to accept it, grasp it, and behave accordingly. Man doesn't know how to be mortal. And when he dies, he doesn't even know how to be dead” The Czech writer  Milan Kundera wrote  these words in his novel  Immortality , expressing a fact that man denies and exaggerates, so that he lives as if he is an immortal who does not die. Psycholo

Pragmatism.. Its definition and philosophy.

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There are a group of different philosophical schools of thought, each one expressing its own specific ideas, beliefs, and tendencies. Our topic today is about one of the most famous philosophical doctrines, which is pragmatism. What is the definition of pragmatism and what is its philosophy? Definitions of pragmatism Pragmatism includes several definitions, and among the most important definitions we find in the Collins English Dictionary are as follows: Pragmatism is dealing with problems in a practical way rather than relying on mere theoretical principles. It is a behavior or policy that looks at immediate practical consequences rather than just following theories. It is a philosophical trend or current that determines the meaning and truth of all concepts through their practical consequences. An introduction to pragmatic philosophy Pragmatic philosophy arose in the United States during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, preferring the priority of action over observation a