Ludwig Andreas Von FeuerBach (28 July 1804-13 September 1872) was a German Philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book "The Essence of Christianity," which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later Thinkers, including both Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of Dialectical Materialism, where he is often recognized as a Bridge between Hegel and Marx.
Dialectical Materialism is a Philosophy of Science and Nature inspired by dialectic and materialistic philosophical traditions. It lies in the concept of the Evolution of the Natural World.
The term "Dialectical Materialism" was coined in 1887, by Joseph DietzGen, a socialist tanner who corresponded with marx, during and after the failed 1848 German Revolution. DietzGen, as a writer, constructed the theory independently of Marx and Engels.
Marx and Engels each began their adulthood as "Young Hegelians," one of several groups of "intellectuals" inspired by Hegel. Both soon concluded that Hegel's thinking was too abstract in explaining social injustice in the recent industrialized countries such as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, in the early 1840s.
An associate of Left Hegelian Circles, FeuerBach advocated Liberalism, Atheism, and Materialism.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
MICHEL FOCAULT
Michel Focault (1926-1984), a French Philosopher- Historian, is often described as one of the most influential Thinkers of the Modern Age. His work profoundly influences the way we think about society, in particular how we understand "Social Power," "The Self," and "The Body."
The 3 major aspects of his philosophy distinguished Knowledge, Power, and Subjectivity as lines which run through the social apparatuses and come from multilinear ensembles with series of variables which supplant one another and only when they enter in a crisis is when they discover new dimensions, and new lines.
Focault talked about these lines as of sedimentation and at the same time as of lines of breakage and lines of fracture. He believed that in the process of untangling these lines within a social apparatus it was like drawing up a map, or doing cartography, or surveying unknown landscapes and named it "Working on the ground." He believed that the human being has to position oneself on these lines by themselves, these same lines did not define the social apparatus, they just run through it and pulled at it, from North to South, and East to West, or diagonally.
"A Critique," he said, "is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. Critique is a matter or Pointing Out on What Kinds of Assumptions, What Kinds of Familiar, Unchallenged, Unconsidered Modes of Thought, the Practices that we accept, rest." (Foucault).
"Bio-Power," in his understanding, referred to the "mechanisms" employed by the "Super-Powers" to manage the population and discipline of the individuals. "Biological Life" was mere political event : population reproduction and disease control were central to economic processes and therefore subject to political control. He observed that since the 17th century, the way in which the population was managed shifted from a repressive to a constructive approach The Sovereign's power over Life were gradually replaced from killing or abstaining to kill to the power of promote Life using methods of control and coercion for the "productivity and health" of the human bodies and population, based on the view of them as "resources and manageable objects." It was the first time in history that the biological power concentrated on forming Life instead of just deciding about death; biological and political existence started to interface with each other. The body became focus of analysis as an individual entity and no longer was an indi-sociable and collective entity. Viewing this process from a social constructionist perspective, the individual body was "invented" at the beginning of the 18th century
Focault views about Religion states that it is not delusional by Nature, nor that the individual, beyond present-day Religion, rediscovers his most inner psychological origins. Under this concept then "Religious delusion"is the product of a dysfunctional secularization of our today society.
Insofar the concept of Religion could be defined as the object of delusional beliefs in the present context of experience, as much as group of individuals with the same level of reasoning no longer permit the assimilation of the mystical beliefs that defined the spiritual lives of the individuals in the ancient past that found themselves in the same spiritual religious context.
Therefore for Focault, Enlightenment did not exist, because Reason is embedded in socio-historical conditions and there is no rational unfolding of History in any developmental or improving Religious common sense. Neither Reason then nor History offers really a religious liberation to the human kind. Persisting in that ideology just drives us to the Abyss.
What Focault advocated in his philosophy was that the most important aspect of Power is not the control exercised by certain strong individuals over certain weak individuals, but rather, the control that all individuals exercise over themselves and others through widely accepted forms of organized behaviour. He said:"We have yet to fully comprehend the Nature of Power and therefore we should investigate "the relays through which it operates and the extent of its influence on the often significant aspects of the hierarchy."
The 3 major aspects of his philosophy distinguished Knowledge, Power, and Subjectivity as lines which run through the social apparatuses and come from multilinear ensembles with series of variables which supplant one another and only when they enter in a crisis is when they discover new dimensions, and new lines.
Focault talked about these lines as of sedimentation and at the same time as of lines of breakage and lines of fracture. He believed that in the process of untangling these lines within a social apparatus it was like drawing up a map, or doing cartography, or surveying unknown landscapes and named it "Working on the ground." He believed that the human being has to position oneself on these lines by themselves, these same lines did not define the social apparatus, they just run through it and pulled at it, from North to South, and East to West, or diagonally.
"A Critique," he said, "is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. Critique is a matter or Pointing Out on What Kinds of Assumptions, What Kinds of Familiar, Unchallenged, Unconsidered Modes of Thought, the Practices that we accept, rest." (Foucault).
"Bio-Power," in his understanding, referred to the "mechanisms" employed by the "Super-Powers" to manage the population and discipline of the individuals. "Biological Life" was mere political event : population reproduction and disease control were central to economic processes and therefore subject to political control. He observed that since the 17th century, the way in which the population was managed shifted from a repressive to a constructive approach The Sovereign's power over Life were gradually replaced from killing or abstaining to kill to the power of promote Life using methods of control and coercion for the "productivity and health" of the human bodies and population, based on the view of them as "resources and manageable objects." It was the first time in history that the biological power concentrated on forming Life instead of just deciding about death; biological and political existence started to interface with each other. The body became focus of analysis as an individual entity and no longer was an indi-sociable and collective entity. Viewing this process from a social constructionist perspective, the individual body was "invented" at the beginning of the 18th century
Focault views about Religion states that it is not delusional by Nature, nor that the individual, beyond present-day Religion, rediscovers his most inner psychological origins. Under this concept then "Religious delusion"is the product of a dysfunctional secularization of our today society.
Insofar the concept of Religion could be defined as the object of delusional beliefs in the present context of experience, as much as group of individuals with the same level of reasoning no longer permit the assimilation of the mystical beliefs that defined the spiritual lives of the individuals in the ancient past that found themselves in the same spiritual religious context.
Therefore for Focault, Enlightenment did not exist, because Reason is embedded in socio-historical conditions and there is no rational unfolding of History in any developmental or improving Religious common sense. Neither Reason then nor History offers really a religious liberation to the human kind. Persisting in that ideology just drives us to the Abyss.
What Focault advocated in his philosophy was that the most important aspect of Power is not the control exercised by certain strong individuals over certain weak individuals, but rather, the control that all individuals exercise over themselves and others through widely accepted forms of organized behaviour. He said:"We have yet to fully comprehend the Nature of Power and therefore we should investigate "the relays through which it operates and the extent of its influence on the often significant aspects of the hierarchy."
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON
NewMont Mining Corporation was founded in 1916 in New York by William Boyce Thompson (May 13, 1869 - June 27, 1930), as a diversified holding company to invest in Worldwide mineral, oil, and related goods. In 1929, NewMont became a Mining Company. By 1939, NewMont was operating 12 Gold Mines in North America. Around the middle of the 20th century, the company had a controlling interest in the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. and in the O'Okiep Copper Company in NamaquaLand, South Africa.
Born in Virginia in May 13, 1869, William was raised in the rough mining towns of South West Montana. During the 1890s William joined his father, one-time mayor of Butte, in Montana mining and lumber ventures, before moving East to become a mine promoter and stock broker.
Tsumeb ("Place of the Moss' Spirits" of "Place of the Frog' Spirits) is the largest Town in Osh-Ikoto Region in Northern Namibia. The place is notable because of the huge mineralized Pipe that led to its foundation. The Pipe penetrates vertically through the Pre-Cambrian Otavi dolomite for 1300 meters. The Pipe looks like a gigantic ancient cave system and was mined in prehistoric times but those ancient workers had respect for the forces of Nature and barely scratched the surface.
The site of the use to be "Deep Mine" was located in there and in William's heyday was known simply as "The Tsumed Mine." After it was mined out of all its resources it was renamed "The Ongolo Mine." The name had a direct connection to the "Huge Natural Hill" of green, oxidized Copper Ore existing there before it became disgraced by the hand of the New-Mont Corporation who also mined it out at the point that the Ore at depth ran out. That action provoked a flooding in the main shafts by ground water over a kilometre deep and the water had to be collected and pumped as far as the Capital, Wind-Hoek, only then the Company left the Mine that used to be a beautiful Hill and the pride of the locals.
Tsumeb as a place is the "GateWay to the North" of Namibia and the city still holds the pride of having the World's most prolific mineralogical sites. They are unsurpassed in variety and quality of form. At least 170 mineral species have been cataloged, 20 of them are found nowhere else.
The first Europeans that arrived to the area were Francis Galton (an English citizen) and Carl Johan Anderson (a Swedish notable hunter, and trader of Southern Africa, mostly Namibia) in 1851. Through them the place became known to the greedy ones interested in exploiting its resources and become rich.
Tsumeb also is notable because of the huge mineralized Pipe that led to its foundation. It penetrates vertically through the PreCambrian Otavi dolomite for 1300m. The Pipe looks like a gigantic ancient Cave System and was mined in prehistoric times but those ancient workers that had respect for Nature and barely scratched the Surface.
Most of the many millions of Tonnes of Ore of spectacular grade, removed by the NewMont Company by cut-and-fill methods, was famous for its richness. The Ore was so rich that it was sent straight to the Smelter situated, as usual, near the town, without first having to be processed through the mineral enrichment plant. Obviously without any regard of the environmental pollution, and the welfare of the local inhabitants, this company made millions of dollars of Personal Profit, selling its goods worldwide.
The name "New-Mont" holds the prefixes of "New"(York) and "Mon"(Montana) reflecting where William started his firsts steps in the financing World that led to his fortune (New York) and the place from where he was born and grew up in the early stages of his life (Montana).
After he became a mining promoter, soon he found his way in politics with international ramifications. He reached prominence in the Republican party, and became a promoter of Western support for the revolutionary government of Russia. He visited Russia before the revolution and again in 1918 just after the revolution. The effects of crop failure and starvation were rampant. Thompson arrived there as a member of an American Red Cross relief mission that encouraged the formation of a democratic government. He added 1 million of his own money to the relief funds and was able to rally other financers including J.P. Morgan to aid the effort. The government fell and the Bolsheviks came to power. The Russian experienced convinced William that agriculture, food supply, and justice were linked. World political stability in the future, he prophesied, would depend on the availability of food.
William gave money to the Bolsheviks to undermine the militarism regimes of the General Empires. The mission was in fact a Wall Street mission of financiers to influence and pave the way for control whatever its ideology.
Soon after William found his rightful partner, George E. Gunn (a natural of Ohio who had worked his way up to be a mine superintendent), the two became a powerful team. Gunn the mine finder was the perfect match for Thompson the financier. Gunn had the talent and was working with Guggen-heim Exploration, mine finders, and Thompson had the connections to finance working with Hayden, Stone&Company brokerage. The Gunn-Thompson partnership claimed the discovery of vast Copper Deposits that revolutionized Western America, and reaped for themselves the money they needed for international investments.
William died from pneumonia in June 27, 1930 at the age of 61, and was buried at Sleepy Hollow, New York, a final resting place of numerous famous figures. It is a contiguous with, but separate from, the churchyard of the Old Dutch Church, the colonial-era church that was the setting for "the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Rockefeller family state (Kykuit), whose grounds have a common boundary with the cemetery, contains the private Rockefeller cemetery.
NewMont Mining Corporation now is based in GreenWood Village, Colorado, USA. Now it is one of the World's largest producers of Gold, with active Gold Mines in Peru (Yanacocha, Cajamarca, the biggest of all), Ghana, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Nevada. NewMont employs 34,000 employees and contractors Worldwide. Others metals that the company exploits include Copper and Silver.
The Company NewMont Corporation is responsible for the huge damage that is being done to Nature due to the over-exhausting its Natural Resources at the point of Polluting Air, Earth, and Water.
Fire is finding its way to restore balance through Volcanic activity and it is what Nature desperately needs to balance climate issues and avoid huge famines. Everyone is affected by the consequences of the desecration of nature just because the greedy and evil ways of the ones responsible for this do not want to change their ways.
Born in Virginia in May 13, 1869, William was raised in the rough mining towns of South West Montana. During the 1890s William joined his father, one-time mayor of Butte, in Montana mining and lumber ventures, before moving East to become a mine promoter and stock broker.
Tsumeb ("Place of the Moss' Spirits" of "Place of the Frog' Spirits) is the largest Town in Osh-Ikoto Region in Northern Namibia. The place is notable because of the huge mineralized Pipe that led to its foundation. The Pipe penetrates vertically through the Pre-Cambrian Otavi dolomite for 1300 meters. The Pipe looks like a gigantic ancient cave system and was mined in prehistoric times but those ancient workers had respect for the forces of Nature and barely scratched the surface.
The site of the use to be "Deep Mine" was located in there and in William's heyday was known simply as "The Tsumed Mine." After it was mined out of all its resources it was renamed "The Ongolo Mine." The name had a direct connection to the "Huge Natural Hill" of green, oxidized Copper Ore existing there before it became disgraced by the hand of the New-Mont Corporation who also mined it out at the point that the Ore at depth ran out. That action provoked a flooding in the main shafts by ground water over a kilometre deep and the water had to be collected and pumped as far as the Capital, Wind-Hoek, only then the Company left the Mine that used to be a beautiful Hill and the pride of the locals.
Tsumeb as a place is the "GateWay to the North" of Namibia and the city still holds the pride of having the World's most prolific mineralogical sites. They are unsurpassed in variety and quality of form. At least 170 mineral species have been cataloged, 20 of them are found nowhere else.
The first Europeans that arrived to the area were Francis Galton (an English citizen) and Carl Johan Anderson (a Swedish notable hunter, and trader of Southern Africa, mostly Namibia) in 1851. Through them the place became known to the greedy ones interested in exploiting its resources and become rich.
Tsumeb also is notable because of the huge mineralized Pipe that led to its foundation. It penetrates vertically through the PreCambrian Otavi dolomite for 1300m. The Pipe looks like a gigantic ancient Cave System and was mined in prehistoric times but those ancient workers that had respect for Nature and barely scratched the Surface.
Most of the many millions of Tonnes of Ore of spectacular grade, removed by the NewMont Company by cut-and-fill methods, was famous for its richness. The Ore was so rich that it was sent straight to the Smelter situated, as usual, near the town, without first having to be processed through the mineral enrichment plant. Obviously without any regard of the environmental pollution, and the welfare of the local inhabitants, this company made millions of dollars of Personal Profit, selling its goods worldwide.
The name "New-Mont" holds the prefixes of "New"(York) and "Mon"(Montana) reflecting where William started his firsts steps in the financing World that led to his fortune (New York) and the place from where he was born and grew up in the early stages of his life (Montana).
After he became a mining promoter, soon he found his way in politics with international ramifications. He reached prominence in the Republican party, and became a promoter of Western support for the revolutionary government of Russia. He visited Russia before the revolution and again in 1918 just after the revolution. The effects of crop failure and starvation were rampant. Thompson arrived there as a member of an American Red Cross relief mission that encouraged the formation of a democratic government. He added 1 million of his own money to the relief funds and was able to rally other financers including J.P. Morgan to aid the effort. The government fell and the Bolsheviks came to power. The Russian experienced convinced William that agriculture, food supply, and justice were linked. World political stability in the future, he prophesied, would depend on the availability of food.
William gave money to the Bolsheviks to undermine the militarism regimes of the General Empires. The mission was in fact a Wall Street mission of financiers to influence and pave the way for control whatever its ideology.
Soon after William found his rightful partner, George E. Gunn (a natural of Ohio who had worked his way up to be a mine superintendent), the two became a powerful team. Gunn the mine finder was the perfect match for Thompson the financier. Gunn had the talent and was working with Guggen-heim Exploration, mine finders, and Thompson had the connections to finance working with Hayden, Stone&Company brokerage. The Gunn-Thompson partnership claimed the discovery of vast Copper Deposits that revolutionized Western America, and reaped for themselves the money they needed for international investments.
William died from pneumonia in June 27, 1930 at the age of 61, and was buried at Sleepy Hollow, New York, a final resting place of numerous famous figures. It is a contiguous with, but separate from, the churchyard of the Old Dutch Church, the colonial-era church that was the setting for "the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Rockefeller family state (Kykuit), whose grounds have a common boundary with the cemetery, contains the private Rockefeller cemetery.
NewMont Mining Corporation now is based in GreenWood Village, Colorado, USA. Now it is one of the World's largest producers of Gold, with active Gold Mines in Peru (Yanacocha, Cajamarca, the biggest of all), Ghana, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Nevada. NewMont employs 34,000 employees and contractors Worldwide. Others metals that the company exploits include Copper and Silver.
The Company NewMont Corporation is responsible for the huge damage that is being done to Nature due to the over-exhausting its Natural Resources at the point of Polluting Air, Earth, and Water.
Fire is finding its way to restore balance through Volcanic activity and it is what Nature desperately needs to balance climate issues and avoid huge famines. Everyone is affected by the consequences of the desecration of nature just because the greedy and evil ways of the ones responsible for this do not want to change their ways.
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