In this section of the book, I explain Carl Jung’s view that 20th Century ideological extremism is in part a reaction to the dehumanizing effects of industrialization and urbanization. … More Not Jordan Peterson’s Carl Jung (an audio reading from my new book)
In this final episode on the book An Other Kingdom, I outline how Brueggeman and crew discuss ideas for building more community, and aim their attention at the millennial generation and younger. … More Deeper Community—How? (Radical Christianity-Audio)
A discussion of the book An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture by Block, Brueggemann and McKnight, especially on the idea of the fear of death causing the consumer addiction, the loss of which can be quite disturbing: “Grief occurs to us because of the impossibility of perfection and immortality. The free market consumer ideology calls us to infinite possibility. It promises perfection (you can always improve your lot in life) and immortality (there is an answer to aging). This is its value proposition. Grow or die. Consume or be unhappy. The market is an engine for denial instead of grieving.” Some practical ways to depart are discussed. … More Consumerism or Death: Memento Mori (Radical Christianity audio)
In this second part of a series on the book “An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture” by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, and John McKnight, we get into the foreboding wilderness of covenantal community and the scary idea of neighborliness. … More Radical Christianity 2: Contract vs. Covenant (Audio)
This is the second audio reading of my new book, Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right: The Political Thought of Carl Jung. This is from the first chapter, which explains the basics of Jung’s psychological theories as they apply to political ideologies.
https://www.routledge.com/Ideological-Possession-and-the-Rise-of-the-New-Right-The-Political-Thought/Johnson/p/book/9781138082120
… More Carl Jung, Collective Unconscious and Archetypes (Ideological Possession Audio Reading 2)
This is the second reading of my new book, Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right: The Political Thought of Carl Jung. This is from the first chapter, which explains the basics of Jung’s psychological theories as they apply to political ideologies. My apologies for the slight hum in this video–too close to another device! You can find the book in paperback and e-book at many outlets, but here’s the link to the book (including rental option) at Routledge:
https://www.routledge.com/Ideological-Possession-and-the-Rise-of-the-New-Right-The-Political-Thought/Johnson/p/book/9781138082120
… More Carl Jung, Collective Unconscious & Archetypes (Ideological Possession Reading 2)
From Jung, After the Catastrophe: “Thanks to industrialization, large portions of the population were up-rooted and were herded together in large centres. This new form of existence—with its mass psychology and social dependence on the fluctuations of markets and wages—produced an individual who was unstable, insecure, and suggestible. He was aware that his life depended on boards of directors and captains of industry, and he supposed, rightly or wrongly, that they were chiefly motivated by financial interests. He knew that, no matter how conscientiously he worked, he could still fall a victim at any moment to economic changes which were utterly beyond his control. And there was nothing else for him to rely on.” … More Not Jordan Peterson’s Carl Jung (A Reading From My New Book)
Block, Brueggemann and McKnight are authors of An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture. In these episodes, I introduce their critique of today’s politicized and materialistic Christianity and begin to pose a radical break with the American entanglement of Christianity and the dominant civil religion. … More An Other Kingdom (Audio)
Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right: The Political Thought of Carl Jung is my latest book. … More My New Book on Carl Jung and Ideological Possession
A comparison of three perspectives on technology and food production, Pamela Ronald, an advocate for the use of GMO’s to alleviate global malnutrition but not necessarily for profit, Robert Fraley (Monsanto), an advocate of big ag techniques as a way to feed the world, and Wendell Berry, advocate of traditional farming and local self-sufficiency and critic of big ag. … More “Frankenfoods” and Big Ag: Three Perspectives
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