This meander was stimulated by a recent repudiation by Zizek of the possible role of small communities in any future human flourishing. In this context, I revisit E. F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful (1973). I discuss some of the core ideas from that seminal work. In particular, I focus on the treatement of raw materials as [inexhaustible] income and the treatement of the environment as a free dump by capitalism and the economic theories that act as its ideological justification. I touch upon intermediate technology, the role of 'spirituality' in the good life, the way in which economic theories and political practice often treat people as numbers on a spreadsheet, the 1984-5 UK Miners' Strike and the persistence of alienation in nationalised industries. I do this by discerning Zizek's 'inner Schumacher' and Schumacher's 'inner Zizek' and recounting instances of their expression. In both cases these inner others are mostly repressed, but vigorous enough to surface now and then in brilliant insight. [Free. 47 minutes.]
INSPIRATION
YOGA AND ANATOMY
TRAVELLING LIGHT
CHAOS AND COSMOS PART FOUR
KUNDALINI
THE ROLE OF THE 'SPIRITUAL MASTER'?
YOGA & COMMERCIALISM
ON THE BODY [PART SIX]: THE SENSES AND PROCESS
ON THE BODY [PART FIVE]: SEX, NATURE, CULTURE & ENLIGHTENMENT
ON THE BODY [PART FOUR]: THE BODY DIES
ON THE BODY [PART THREE]: ANCIENT AND CARTESIAN DUALISM
ON THE BODY [PART TWO]: THE EMBODIMENT OF THOUGHT
ON THE BODY [PART ONE]: YOGA AND THE BODY
ON RUTS: REPETITIVE PATTERNS OF THOUGHT, FEELING AND BEHAVIOUR & THEIR RAMIFICATIONS
HEALTHY THOUGHT? WHAT IS IT, IF ANYTHING?
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART FOUR]: ZEN MONDO AND THE USES OF UNREASON CONTINUED
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART THREE]: ZEN MONDO AND THE USES OF UNREASON
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART TWO]: TYPES OF REASON
THINKING ABOUT THINKING [PART ONE]
NIETZSCHE, GURDJIEFF AND DISGUST AT MAN
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