Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the question of Kashmir

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Buddha Dhamma

Social change in Dhammadikshit Buddhists

The role of Mahatma Phule in the Reformation Movement

Empowerment of Buddhist women

The relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s creative program

Human rights and the Buddha Dhamma

Rashtrasant in the national movement

“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Prof. Daniel Kahneman is an excellent book on behavioural economics that also makes a reader wonder about other ideas such as free will, priming and the role of language in his or her daily existence. This review is not meant as an easy read. It switches topics often to convey several ideas within a short essay.

Gorbatschow – 2nd ed.(with bibliography) – 90 Jahre und kein bischen närrisch. Schreib-Übung zu einer arte-ARD-Doku. – German, English, Russian -x-

Anhang:
– M.S. Gorbatschow: Perestroika and New Thinking. A Retrospective; 2./9. August 2021
– M.S. Gorbatschow: Rede, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, München, 10.12.2011
– Buike – Chasbu…[Read more]

BBWV E34 Gorbatschow. 90 Jahre und kein bischen närrisch – Schreib-Übung zu einer arte-ARD-Doku. Anhang:- M.S. Gorbatschow: Perestroika and New Thinking. A Retrospective; 2./9. August 2021- M.S. Gorbatschow: Rede, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, München, 10.12.2011- Buike – Chasbulatow – Ru(c)skoi : Die Russen wussten, daß Jelzin CIA-gesteuert war – a…[Read more]

My notes (taken c. 1990) on Geoffrey Leech’s ‘Principles of Pragmatics’ (London: Longman, 1983). Pagination on the left; my parenthetical comments in italics.

This book is a compendium of book reviews reflecting my “Creed of Life.” The fact is that my Creed of Life has been fashioned through these authors, as well as others not mentioned here, whose works were personally important to me and significant to my intellectual development. This list is continually being lengthened as authors, living or dea…[Read more]

In this book I contemplate the possibility of posthuman philosophy within the religious and theological schools of thought. In doing this, I do not focus on the traditional philosophical humanism which characterizes the scholastic and neo-scholastic approach within Western philosophy. Rather, I focus on a dehellenized philosophical way of thinking…[Read more]

How “expropriations” can save the social market economy

A down-to-earth exposition of the work by Martin Janello on the Philosophy of Happiness. It introduces the fundamental notions that happiness is of existential importance for individuals and humanity – and that we each have it within our power to improve our lives and make this a better world in the process. It also spells out that our success in…[Read more]

English abstract: A vindication of the wide-ranging perspective of Herbert Spencer’s theories of cosmic evolutionism, as an intellectual enterprise far more ambitious and comprehensive than that of his contemporary Charles Darwin. (A retropost from 2011). _________________________________________________________________________________ Spanish…[Read more]

Happiness is a universal human objective. We all want to be happy. But how we define, pursue, and maintain happiness often seems vague and elusive. That is why we need a personal philosophy of happiness.

This presentation lays out the underlying considerations and examines why other avenues of securing happiness are not succeeding. And it…[Read more]

Un comentario sobre la reacción de los estudiantes de la Universidad de Zaragoza, y la reacción institucional, ante el anuncio del Ministerio de Educación (en 2005) de una reforma que reduciría drásticamente el catálogo de titulaciones de Humanidades. ___________________________________________________________________________
English abstr…[Read more]