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Back to SearchThe Twisted Love of Phobos and Thanatos - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 11
Episode 177
In this essay, I discuss the twisted forms of love, phobos and thanatos. Phobos is the love of unhealthy aspiration that drives us to hate the "lower…
15 hours ago
Sexual Consent and Erotic Agape - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 10
Episode 176
In this essay, I united the loves of eros and agape into the stance of erotic agape and the self as a student/teacher. As we interact, we are each of…
1 week ago
The Agony of Eros - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 9
Episode 175
In this essay, I introduce eros as the creative love of self-transcending agency. In our development as human beings we must be called to learn and t…
2 weeks ago
Agape and the Deservedness of Personhood - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 8
Episode 174
In this essay I introduce agape as the love of compassionate, educative hospitality for the student's flaws, faults, and mistakes. In producing solar…
3 weeks ago
Aspirational Ecologies of Self-Development - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 7
Episode 173
In this essay, I discuss how self-development requires an ecology of practices that focus on multiple forms of development. I then talk about the phi…
1 month ago
The Multiplicity of Solarpunk Selves - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 6
Episode 172
In this essay I go deeper into the notion that we are composed of parts. In understanding the solarpunk self we need to take these parts into consid…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Flowering of the Solarpunk Self - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 5
Episode 171
In this essay, I discuss the philosophy of Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas, and Byung-Chul Han, and how they can help us understand how the solarpunk…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Chrysalis and the Butterfly - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 4
Episode 170
In this essay, I continue my redefinition of the self in a solarpunk culture. We discuss the quality of relations using Martin Buber's distinction b…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Atomized Selves and Solarpunk Dividuals - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 3
Episode 169
In this essay, I continue the deconstruction of the neoliberal individual, the self-interested, autonomous, rational actor we are all expected to be…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Solarpunk Selves Aren't Liberal Individuals - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 2
Episode 168
In this essay, I begin to contrast the solarpunk self with the notion of the liberal individual, the autonomous, rational actor that we are all assum…
1 month, 4 weeks ago