All That Is Meaningful Is Imaginary

An aspect often overlooked in normative theory is the intricacy of irrational feelings and personal reality. The boundary between “feelings/intuition” and “objective perception” is a murky one that most ideologues like to conveniently ignore. Politicians are unlikely to become politicians under the assumption that they’re not objectively right as to what is best for everyone. [...]

I have created the following diagram of possible ideologies (inside the square) and utopias (outside the square) in the 21st Century as part of the first appendix to my mid-term essay in Idéologie et société (SOC 4709) with Diane Pacom – a course that is highly relevant to my interests, and to this blog. [Click [...]

The following series of joint blog posts by Azarius and Reikoku is the result of long, at times painful, debates on the nature of political ideals, utopias, and ethics. Indeed, politics, in the end, amount to ethics applied to a community of “responsible adults” – the Greek polis. Accordingly, the common axiom that sparked our [...]

I have long called for a radical reshaping of education. More recently, as I find myself agreeing with panarchism, I have discussed with Reikoku of what could education look like in a much more libertarian world. The general idea of a modular education at all levels, outlined in a previous post, remains relevant. However, several [...]

While discussing on the Internet, I am often required to explain just what is this “anarcho-communism” I speak of. And furthermore, why would anyone think that society should work towards it rather than try to fix the political systems in place? This article will be a quick attempt at answering these questions as to avoid [...]