This exercise in applied philosophy argues that if the philosophical ideas of Jürgen Habermas are... more This exercise in applied philosophy argues that if the philosophical ideas of Jürgen Habermas are to be implemented in order to achieve a liberated, emancipated society free of domination, and address other problems he identifies in the contemporary world, there must be active involvement of both politicians and political theorists in the project, as well as some theoretical and practical changes in Habermas’s approach regarding the notion of “the political” in the realm of practical politics. This paper builds upon an earlier article titled “The Rectification of (Modern) Names” and develops the key Confucian idea of the rectification of names. Specifically, this paper attempts to extend to the political realm of an earlier argument that Habermas’s analysis that system forces are colonizing the lifeworld is the best angle to attempt to realign contemporary political terms with the realities they should represent. As system is part of lifeworld, displacing lifeworld norms by system norms threatens the very existence of the lifeworld. Moreover, Habermas’s thinking on philosophy, politics, and sociology could help rectify prevailing problems in Western constitutional democracies, especially if practical politics were carried out using Habermas’s ideas on communicative action and discourse ethics. This paper attempts to put into practical terms of some problems Habermas left in philosophical ones, and such practical terms represent a modest solution, addressing a plethora of “irrationalities” pervading the lifeworld in its colonization by instrumental reason. The paper argues that in the unfolding of Eric Hobsbawm’s “Dual Revolution,” the Industrial Revolution continues to outstrip the Political Revolution.
This is the authors' second (and expanded) PowerPoint Presentation on Confucius's "Rectification ... more This is the authors' second (and expanded) PowerPoint Presentation on Confucius's "Rectification of Names" and Jürgen Habermas. It was presented at the New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Society conference at the University of Texas at El Paso in April 2014.
This was the first PowerPoint presentation of the authors' attempt synthesize the Confucian doctr... more This was the first PowerPoint presentation of the authors' attempt synthesize the Confucian doctrine of the "Rectification of Names" with the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas.
The intent in this paper is to bring the capabilities and experiences of developmental students ... more The intent in this paper is to bring the capabilities and experiences of developmental students into as clear a focus as possible, based on my experience in developmental English, freshman composition, and the course following freshman composition, research and literary analysis. I have tried here to do this through a “phenomenology of reading,” an attempt to capture the various phenomena that present themselves to the consciousness of our students in their role as readers as they actually confront the texts we assign them. Since it is impossible to observe their experience directly, I have chosen to do it inferentially from their responses to reading and writing assignments in class.
How George W. Bush adopted the Neo-con position on the US role in world affairs shortly after bec... more How George W. Bush adopted the Neo-con position on the US role in world affairs shortly after becoming elected president. If he didn't actually have a "script" for his role as president, a document produced by the Project for a New American Century could serve as one.
Arizona's SB 1070 law has some dark origins. It is argued here that this law is tainted by hate a... more Arizona's SB 1070 law has some dark origins. It is argued here that this law is tainted by hate and fear, and that in effect the law codifies the ideology of a small but active group of people and organizations whose goals and agendas are often overt, but sometimes are covert. The law has sources that are tainted by atavism, nativism, racism, and even white supremacy. What is interesting about this issue is related to the subtitle of Leonard Zeskind's book BLOOD AND POLITICS: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream. Much of the rhetoric cited in this slide presentation pervades today's discussion of both immigration and national politics.
This exercise in applied philosophy argues that if the philosophical ideas of Jürgen Habermas are... more This exercise in applied philosophy argues that if the philosophical ideas of Jürgen Habermas are to be implemented in order to achieve a liberated, emancipated society free of domination, and address other problems he identifies in the contemporary world, there must be active involvement of both politicians and political theorists in the project, as well as some theoretical and practical changes in Habermas’s approach regarding the notion of “the political” in the realm of practical politics. This paper builds upon an earlier article titled “The Rectification of (Modern) Names” and develops the key Confucian idea of the rectification of names. Specifically, this paper attempts to extend to the political realm of an earlier argument that Habermas’s analysis that system forces are colonizing the lifeworld is the best angle to attempt to realign contemporary political terms with the realities they should represent. As system is part of lifeworld, displacing lifeworld norms by system norms threatens the very existence of the lifeworld. Moreover, Habermas’s thinking on philosophy, politics, and sociology could help rectify prevailing problems in Western constitutional democracies, especially if practical politics were carried out using Habermas’s ideas on communicative action and discourse ethics. This paper attempts to put into practical terms of some problems Habermas left in philosophical ones, and such practical terms represent a modest solution, addressing a plethora of “irrationalities” pervading the lifeworld in its colonization by instrumental reason. The paper argues that in the unfolding of Eric Hobsbawm’s “Dual Revolution,” the Industrial Revolution continues to outstrip the Political Revolution.
This is the authors' second (and expanded) PowerPoint Presentation on Confucius's "Rectification ... more This is the authors' second (and expanded) PowerPoint Presentation on Confucius's "Rectification of Names" and Jürgen Habermas. It was presented at the New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Society conference at the University of Texas at El Paso in April 2014.
This was the first PowerPoint presentation of the authors' attempt synthesize the Confucian doctr... more This was the first PowerPoint presentation of the authors' attempt synthesize the Confucian doctrine of the "Rectification of Names" with the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas.
The intent in this paper is to bring the capabilities and experiences of developmental students ... more The intent in this paper is to bring the capabilities and experiences of developmental students into as clear a focus as possible, based on my experience in developmental English, freshman composition, and the course following freshman composition, research and literary analysis. I have tried here to do this through a “phenomenology of reading,” an attempt to capture the various phenomena that present themselves to the consciousness of our students in their role as readers as they actually confront the texts we assign them. Since it is impossible to observe their experience directly, I have chosen to do it inferentially from their responses to reading and writing assignments in class.
How George W. Bush adopted the Neo-con position on the US role in world affairs shortly after bec... more How George W. Bush adopted the Neo-con position on the US role in world affairs shortly after becoming elected president. If he didn't actually have a "script" for his role as president, a document produced by the Project for a New American Century could serve as one.
Arizona's SB 1070 law has some dark origins. It is argued here that this law is tainted by hate a... more Arizona's SB 1070 law has some dark origins. It is argued here that this law is tainted by hate and fear, and that in effect the law codifies the ideology of a small but active group of people and organizations whose goals and agendas are often overt, but sometimes are covert. The law has sources that are tainted by atavism, nativism, racism, and even white supremacy. What is interesting about this issue is related to the subtitle of Leonard Zeskind's book BLOOD AND POLITICS: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream. Much of the rhetoric cited in this slide presentation pervades today's discussion of both immigration and national politics.
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to be implemented in order to achieve a liberated, emancipated society free of domination, and
address other problems he identifies in the contemporary world, there must be active involvement
of both politicians and political theorists in the project, as well as some theoretical and practical
changes in Habermas’s approach regarding the notion of “the political” in the realm of practical
politics. This paper builds upon an earlier article titled “The Rectification of (Modern) Names”
and develops the key Confucian idea of the rectification of names. Specifically, this paper attempts
to extend to the political realm of an earlier argument that Habermas’s analysis that system forces
are colonizing the lifeworld is the best angle to attempt to realign contemporary political terms
with the realities they should represent. As system is part of lifeworld, displacing lifeworld norms
by system norms threatens the very existence of the lifeworld. Moreover, Habermas’s thinking on
philosophy, politics, and sociology could help rectify prevailing problems in Western constitutional
democracies, especially if practical politics were carried out using Habermas’s ideas on communicative
action and discourse ethics. This paper attempts to put into practical terms of some
problems Habermas left in philosophical ones, and such practical terms represent a modest solution,
addressing a plethora of “irrationalities” pervading the lifeworld in its colonization by instrumental
reason. The paper argues that in the unfolding of Eric Hobsbawm’s “Dual Revolution,”
the Industrial Revolution continues to outstrip the Political Revolution.
to be implemented in order to achieve a liberated, emancipated society free of domination, and
address other problems he identifies in the contemporary world, there must be active involvement
of both politicians and political theorists in the project, as well as some theoretical and practical
changes in Habermas’s approach regarding the notion of “the political” in the realm of practical
politics. This paper builds upon an earlier article titled “The Rectification of (Modern) Names”
and develops the key Confucian idea of the rectification of names. Specifically, this paper attempts
to extend to the political realm of an earlier argument that Habermas’s analysis that system forces
are colonizing the lifeworld is the best angle to attempt to realign contemporary political terms
with the realities they should represent. As system is part of lifeworld, displacing lifeworld norms
by system norms threatens the very existence of the lifeworld. Moreover, Habermas’s thinking on
philosophy, politics, and sociology could help rectify prevailing problems in Western constitutional
democracies, especially if practical politics were carried out using Habermas’s ideas on communicative
action and discourse ethics. This paper attempts to put into practical terms of some
problems Habermas left in philosophical ones, and such practical terms represent a modest solution,
addressing a plethora of “irrationalities” pervading the lifeworld in its colonization by instrumental
reason. The paper argues that in the unfolding of Eric Hobsbawm’s “Dual Revolution,”
the Industrial Revolution continues to outstrip the Political Revolution.