Author: Political Philosophy: Dr Laurie M Johnson

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New Review: Silent Coup by Provost & Kennard

January 17, 2025

Claire Provost and Matt Kennard are investigative journalists, and together they have produced a wide-ranging account of how governments, NGO’s and global corporations collude to extract wealth from taxpayers, workers and the poorest of the poor. The overall lesson of this book is that corporate governance has replaced liberal democratic government in the developed world, and in the developing world, colonial overlordship has given way to international corporate power.  … More New Review: Silent Coup by Provost & Kennard

Maurin Academy Check-In Coming Up!

January 15, 2025

On Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m. US Central Time I’ll be online for a check-in with patrons and supporters of the Maurin Academy. I will discuss what’s coming up at TMA. In February we are having Prof. Fred Neuhauser talk to us about his research on social pathologies, so I’ll give some background on who Neuhauser is, and how his theme of social pathology fits into the TMA concerns … More Maurin Academy Check-In Coming Up!

Explore Carl Jung’s The Undiscovered Self in Monthly Sessions!

December 29, 2024

Starting January 2, Laurie Johnson will be holding first Thursday monthly sessions in a new reading group. The first book covered (over three monthly sessions) will be Carl Jung’s The Undiscovered Self. Discussion can continue on the Maurin Academy Slack Great Books channel. Reading is optional as Dr Johnson will be discuss the selection at the beginning of each session, but it is encouraged!

To sign up for the Great Books Reading Group (either of our levels will get you into the live sessions and the recordings for this group): https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Explore Carl Jung’s The Undiscovered Self in Monthly Sessions!

Starting Monday Nov. 18: Gap in God’s Country Sessions–Sign up on Eventbrite or Patreon

November 16, 2024

For more information about this book and where to buy it, as well as information about a series of talks I’ll give on themes from the book, check out: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/02/the-gap-in-gods-country-themes-discussion-with-laurie-johnson-coming-up/ … More Starting Monday Nov. 18: Gap in God’s Country Sessions–Sign up on Eventbrite or Patreon

About the Trump Victory

November 6, 2024

Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years. We are living through unprecedented times. It’s hard not to see this as a huge protest vote—with several sometimes competing things being protested. The effects of globalization. Job insecurity. Alienation from others and anxiety about the future. Anxiety about rapid and continuous cultural change. Anger over elite privilege. The list goes on. I doubt if Donald Trump is going to change anything in a direction that fixes those problems. The fact that Elon Musk loves him, and Jeff Bezos is willing to play ball with him by shutting down the Washington Post editorial board says that he’s ultimately very friendly to large corporations. The stock market is going up.  … More About the Trump Victory