“Kierkegaard antimoderno, ou para uma tipologia (alternativa) da posição sociopolítica kierkegaardiana” – Gabriel Guedes ROSSATTI

Cadernos de Filosofia Alemã, USP, v. 20, n. 1, 2015, pp. 163-178 Resumo: Kierkegaard, não obstante ser geralmente reconhecido como um dos mais importantes pensadores do século XIX, ainda hoje sofre de interpretações muitas vezes distorcidas, tanto é que seu pensamento sociopolítico, mais especificamente, parece padecer bastante nas mãos de seus intérpretes, os quais muitas…

New Age Spirituality in the USA: Meet The Shamans, Gurus and Cult Leaders of America | Documentary

Is the USA undergoing a spiritual awakening, or is it falling victim to fake gurus and new age cult leaders? In an America in search of meaning, gurus, healers, shamans and other modern wizards have become the new providers of worth. Festivals, retreats and detox courses promising spiritual wellness are multiplying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrSoVCjYAw We follow emerging…

God Bless America: How the US is Obsessed with Religion | ENDEVR Documentary

God Bless America: How the US is Obsessed with Religion | Investigative Documentary (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMvB-clmOg Despite being an officially secular country, religion is everywhere in the United States. 70% of Americans are Christians and the majority of them voted for Trump. Evangelicals mobilized in their masses to get Donald Trump elected and they similarly geared…

“Death withouth death: Kierkegaard and Cioran about agony” – Ştefan BOLEA

In: Adriana Teodorescu (Ed.), Death within the Text. Social, Philosophical and Aesthetic Approaches to Literature (pp.72-83). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019. Abstract: The following paper is concerned with the description of “agony” at Kierkegaard and Cioran. Taking into consideration that both authors have common traits as marginal philosophers and advocates of a mixture of existentialism and…

“Baudelaire: fragmentação e melancolia em meio à multidão” – Joselaine Brodani MEDEIROS

Instrumento - Revista de Estudo e Pesquisa em Educação, v. 11, n. 1, jan./jun. 2009 Resumo: Charles Baudelaire pode ser considerado o poeta das cidades e da modernidade. Viu e sentiu o progresso na França do século XIX e foi um revolucionário para o seu tempo. A cidade e suas galerias infinitas, com pessoas que…

“Saturnine Constellations: Melancholy in Literary History and in the Works of Baudelaire and Benjamin” – Kevin GODBOUT

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Comparative Literature, 2016. Supervisor: Călin Mihăilescu, The University of Western Ontario Abstract: Aristotle famously asked the question: why are extraordinary people so often melancholics? “Problem XXX,” written by Aristotle or one of his disciples, speculates that black bile, the…

“A Short History of Authentic Time” – Peter SLOTERDIJK

According to a bon mot of Adolf von Harnack, Gnosticism signifies the acute Hellenization of Christianity. This bon mot would itself remain a profound remark only if one were successful in confirming the hypotheses about the non-Christian origin of Gnosticism. For, wherever Gnosticism may have arisen – in heretical and apocalyptic Judaism, in irrational dualism,…

Nayib Bukele: The World’s Coolest Dictator | Vice on Showtime

El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, owes his popularity to a decline in gang violence. But true to Bukele's persona, the achievement appears to be all public relations. David Noriega travels to El Salvador to find the truth behind the supposed achievements of its millennial president. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xmRaaVkvd8 Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9h8udyleI Can gang warfare in El Salvador ever…

The Controversial Guru Who Wants to ‘Upgrade Civilization’ | Vice News

Bentinho Massaro has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, supporters the spiritual guru gained through his teachings about “self-realization,” “enlightenment,” and the idea of “upgrading civilization.” While some of his ideas are pretty standard, like the importance of silent meditation, others are controversial: he’s said that 9/11 was an inside job, that he…

Why Russia’s Generals May Be Planning To Overthrow Vladimir Putin Amid Ongoing Ukraine War | CRUX

Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing the threat of a coup due to the ongoing war with Ukraine. The defence establishment in Russia is dived over the proceedings in the conflict. The Russian army is reportedly not happy with Putin's decision to pull back its mission in Kyiv and focus on Donbas. In the episode,…