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Anthropologist Victor Turner, who popularised the term Liminality, found that human society has two modes of interrelatedness that function like a yin and yang — mutually dependant and without which human life would be impossible. Structure is the mode of status and hierarchy in society; Communitas of love, compassion and myth. These two modes show up in very interesting ways in our current society. These can be fruitfully mapped over with the religious and scientific mindsets; with the Constrained and Unconstrained Visions of Thomas Sowell's work; with the Order and Chaos of Jordan Peterson's work Maps of Meaning and with the left- and right-hemispheres of the brain in Iain McGilchrist's work. None of these are 1:1 mapovers but there's something rich even in this difference. This episodes marks the beginning of our explorations in this fertile model of human life. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Turner, V. _The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure_ - Turner, V. _Revelation and divination in Ndembu ritual_ ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. There’s Probably No Time — Chris Zabriskie 2. Lightless Dawn  — Kevin MacLeod 3. Underwater Exploration - Godmode — Kevin MacLeod 4. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod 5. Procession of the King — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod [https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic](https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic) Subscribe to Chris Zabriskie [https://www.youtube.com/c/chriszabriskie](https://www.youtube.com/c/chriszabriskie) _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Structure 5:30 Communitas 6:32 The Communitas Mode of Being 10:01 Structured Communitas 13:12 Religion and Communitas
The term "reactionary" is associated with the right-wing but like the term radical this term is a concept that transcends the one-dimensional left/right model. That being said it is almost exclusively applied to the right and these days it is used almost exclusively as an insult rather than a self-identifier. It was originally synonymous with right-wing, but it doesn't have to be a right-wing phenomenon, as there are left-wing reactionaries as well. The term has its origins in the French Revolution, where the National Assembly was divided into those favoring revolution on the left and the supporters of the king on the right. The term "reactionary" refers to the political group who wanted to return to pre-modern feudal monarchy. Today, a reactionary is someone who wants to go back to a previous time that was more glorious. While conservatives want to conserve the status quo, progressives want to pull the system towards improvement, and reactionaries want to push the system back. The reactionary idealisation of the past is similar to the Fascist parties of the mid-20th century. Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" is a pure example of the reactionary spirit, and similar sentiments were present in Britain around Brexit. Left-wing reactionaries can also exist, and they may see something very wrong in the current system, but their solution is backwards towards some idealised past. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ Media Used: 1. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod 2. Procession of the King  — Kevin MacLeod 3. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod [https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic](https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic) _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Reactionary Origins in the French Revolution 2:51 Reactionism Today 5:45 Left Wing Reactionaries 7:34 The Evolution of a Term
I’ve wanted to dip the toe in the waters of longer-form conversations for some time now so when Seán from @deepnoetics suggested a conversation I was only too happy. Seán is studying Neuroengineering (computer-brain interfaces) at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany. As well as being schooled in the world of cutting-edge brain technology Seán did his undergrad in theoretical physics and is deeply interested in Jung, Heidegger and Postmodern thinkers like Deleuze and Baudrillard. He suggested it would be interesting to talk about power and Integral Philosophy. I loved this chat and I’m sure you will do as well. I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the podcast. Also if you’re interested in what Seán’s putting out he’s running a course at Halkyon Academy with seminars running over six weeks (from the 14th of May). Details of that below: *** ENROLL HERE for the course on the Philosophy of the Machine: https://halkyonacademy.teachable.com/p/philosophy-of-the-machine The machine has taken us onto a technological journey. A journey which is said to drive progress and allegedly is approaching an end point. This end point has been referred to as the technological singularity. It is the event after which technics runs off and escapes human agency. In times of deepfakes and ChatGPT, the voices are getting louder, prophesizing the arrival of AGI (artificial general intelligence) as well as the singularity. But why? Where do these narratives originate from? How did technology attain this central role in our world? As always, philosophy mirrors what has been playing itself out within ourselves. Our science, ideology, technology, system and myth have been captured by the machinations of the machine. Join us in this years' course and we will dive into the depths of these machinations! ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/
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