Sentimentalist Ideology– a feeling that has a point

Sentimentalist Ideology I have noticed a recent form of ideology rearing its head on commercials lately.  This ideology is perfectly captured in the recent VISA television commercial about the speed skater Dan Jansen. Just to be clear, I understand Ideology (which is too complex to fully define here) as a congealed collection of ideas that [...]

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Hegel’s Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit

This is a gloss of Hegel’s Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit Examine a curious phrase that Hegel’s uses in his second sentence in his Introduction.  “A certain uneasiness seems justified.” Uneasiness is another word for anxiety— anxiety that arises from loss.  A loss?  What loss?  A loss of control, of power, of mastery over [...]

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Postmodern Philosophy–A Seminar

Man at the Café by Juan Gris Rollins College Religion Senior Seminar: REL 490 Spring 2010 Weds 4 to 6:30pm, ORL 215 Office Hours: 8.30-9.30 & 11-12 M&W Seminar Title: Religion Senior Seminar Postmodernism: System. . . Structure . . . Difference . . . Truth Dr. Creston Davis Email: Creston.Davis@gmail.com Teaching Assistant: Megan Flocken [...]

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