Blog – Page 11 – Gus diZerega

New post on Pagans and Death up at Witches and Pagans.

Posted on September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 by Gus

Witches and Pagans has given me a chance to do some posts on Pagans and Nature and natural cycles. In keeping with the growing presence of Fall in our lives, leading to Samhain, I will initially be doing a series … Read more

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Encountering a Pagan Deity

Posted on August 24, 2012August 26, 2012 by Gus

My new post is going up at Patheos. It discusses what it is like to encounter a Pagan deity, and how to increase the likelihood that you will if you are drawn to our path.… Read more

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Paul Ryan’s ideal: Ayn Rand and the nihilism of the American right

Posted on August 14, 2012August 17, 2012 by Gus

By naming her as his favorite thinker, and requiring his staffers to read her, Paul Ryan has brought the right wing’s dominant yet usually little mentioned philosopher to center stage, where she belongs. Understanding Ayn Rand, and her impact … Read more

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Rethinking what democracy is: the co-operative model

Posted on August 11, 2012August 11, 2012 by Gus

Theories of emergent social order give us a new perspective on how human societies function. In doing so constitute a genuine paradigm shift in the social sciences, which have long been dominated by reductionist or statistical approaches to the subject. … Read more

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The Paradox of Individualism vs. Individuality

Posted on August 3, 2012August 3, 2012 by Gus

I have become fascinated by a paradox that runs like a connecting thread through much that seems to me most problematic about our culture: that those who talk the most about individualism seem most hostile to individuality. … Read more

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Welcome to dizerega.com

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Gus

With this blog www.dizerega.com comes alive, although I will continue to add articles, art, and photos for a while yet. This is an auspicious day, for not only is this the first post on what I hope becomes a very … Read more

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