What I will be doing for the next Week

I have already read the book once, but have been anticipating this for some time now and have no problem reading it again. An und fur sich is hosting a book event on Philip Goodchild’s new book Theology of Money.

If you can get a hold of the book and follow along than I suggest you do so. If not it will be worth while to follow the summary’s (Anthony Paul Smith has already written one that is outstanding and there will be more to follow). Goodchild’s work is the most interesting work I have read in a long while and I am very excited that it is getting some publicity and to see it get more dissemination.

Also, check out Goodchild’s own remarks on his book here.

An Embarrassing Confession and Modest Plea

Right now I want to go shopping. I want to be wooed. I want to dance drunk and dizzy, intoxicated by the kaleidoscope of blues, greens, yellows and the infinite shades of beige that make up the fall catalogue. I want to see pictures of beautiful people doing beautiful things and be convinced that my story can intersect with theirs. The melodies cascading from store speakers will complete this mystical experience, upon which no price seems to high.

Hauerwas, Zizek, Patagonia and Rob Bell: Capitalism’s Chocolate Laxatives and the Church

A while back a friend of mine asked me a question(s) in a dialogue we were having concerning Capitalism, justice, and Christianity. It is an honest question and in these times of Gap and Apple’s Red Campaign, Bono, Toms shoes, ad infinitum, I think it maybe an important one for anyone actually interested in disseminating the philosophical or theological problems with the current market system—I am tempted to say all encompassing reality, or at least the state of the situation—today.

Buddhism and Cognitive Science

A paper I wrote recently on Buddhism and Cognitive Science. In it I look at the work of Francisco Varela in relation to the aporia of first-person phenomenological experience when contrasted with third-person neuroscience and its relation to the Buddhist notion of anatman, or no-self.

My Attempt at Analytic Apologetics: Excuse me Professor Dawkins but philosophically The God Delusion sucks…

Professor Dawkins,

The grounds upon which the claim, seen clearly on pg. 159 bullet 3, of chapter four rests are not sufficient for the confidence displayed.

Excuses, Getting into PHDs, Nietzsche and Christ

So first off, sorry for the lack of posts. I should have a real one up soon enough.  Over the last month and a half I have started a new job, finished a quarter of school and started a new one, fought off a bad case of bronchitis, sinusitis, and an ear infection–honestly, who gets an ear infection after five–and had some discouraging and encouraging talks about PHD programs–how to get into a good one, which one to choose, etc.–with several people. 

 

On that front,

Christ, History and Apocalyptic Review

First off let me say that I agree with Graham Ward’s assessment on the back, this is excellent theology for the up and coming generation. I might, might be willing to even go so far as to call it a manifesto. Either way it is an exceptional peace of work and well worth a read. Below is a brief summary/review of the book.

Cornel West, Lupe Fiasco, Hip-Hop and Skateboards

Cornel West links Reagan and the Religious Right to the KKK and reminds us, pace Plato, that the unexamined life is not worth living. After listening I am reminded that philosophy has been, should and can be all about the love of wisdom, and all I want to do is listen to Hip-hop and tell the Moral Majority to go to…

Goal of Psychoanalysis=Realizing Jouisance is my destitution

 

These are my notes on the goal of Psychoanalysis for Zizek which is “subjective destitution”. Jousaince, objet petite a, subjectivity, and other areas and terms of Lacanian Psychoanalysis are also explored.

The (Dis)Connection of Nigeria and San Luis Obispo via Zizek

Here I attempt to apply some of Zizek’s theory to two contemporary situations. The first is the prosecution of a homeless man for fishing and eating his catch in San Luis Obispo and the second is the break down of ecological and social space in Nigeria due to Oil production.