Ecology, Anyone?

a thought provoking post, Don't Mess with Mr. In-Between Part 2, from Professor Timothy Morton

Buddha Was Not a Pragmatist

Levi Bryant writes,

It is shameful whenever the philosopher, theorist, or artist bow to the exigencies of the “pragmatic”. When I evoke pragmatism here I am not referring to the philosophical school known as pragmatism, but rather to the term “pragmatism” as it functions in contemporary party politics in the United States. This variant of pragmatism celebrates the necessity of “being reasonable”, compromise, surrender, or bowing to what is possible within the current constraints of the situation. This sort of pragmatist makes the argument that “we can only get x number of votes from Congress so we shouldn’t even bother having the debate, publicly making the argument, or pushing for this particular cause.”

read more here-

The Place of the Real and the Vocation of the Artist, Philosopher, and Theorist

To Buddhist...or Not to Buddhist?

This is totally for the comments section of the program:

What is it that makes you a 'Buddhist'?