A PALLID HOPELESSNESS: REFLECTIONS ON ALIENATION
Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness…. -Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scriven…
The Work and Life of Women: The Dynamics of Individualism and Power
[Note: This essay builds on work that was published in Rosalind Sun and William Bergquist, The Word for World is Work. This …
How to Turn Loneliness into a Multi-Trillion Dollar Business: A Perspective on China from the Writings of Erich Fromm
This essay specifically focuses on the writings of Erich Fromm from a social application perspective, using China’s Singles …
The New Johari Window #4: Three Perspectives on Human Relationships
I specifically look at human interaction and the Johari Window from three perspectives—three ways in which to appreciate the…
Aliens or Alienation: The Commoditized Creature that Walk among Us
Alienation is inherently widespread in capitalist society. This occurs because capitalism necessarily renders not only prod…
The Postmodern Condition: I. A World of Paradox, Contradiction and Change
What are the paradoxes, whip lashing contradictions and dizzying changes of which our world is made? …