Philosophy and politics are closely related. My reflections on these two great men after years of practical politics.
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy, Politics, Economy and Society
Academic knowledge is not enough! Also economic knowledge is also not enough! The world needs more interactive civil society activism! There is A Knowledge Commission deliberating about creating a knowledge society. But what is knowledge precisely. Knowledge is a word first coined by a management guru, Peter Drucker, 30 years ago. So also came the…
How to define knowledge and wisdom?
The world needs more interactive civil society activism! There is a Knowledge Commission deliberating about creating a knowledge society. But what is knowledge precisely? Knowledge is a word first coined by a management guru,Peter Drucker, 30 years ago. So also came the knowledge worker. And now the talk of competitive advantage for a more knowledge-based…
300 years of the European Enlightenment Revitalising Power of Reason!
Can philosophy shoulder the burdens of the world? Yes, ideas shape the world! How to understand the world?To understand the world,you have to have a philosophy! No philosophy,no world!Yes,as simple as that! But it took 2,000 or more years to reach that conclusion! How to judge the present situation of the world? Optimistic? Or, pessimistic? …
What I believe : Old religion, new religion, god, science
How our secular beliefs are to be defined? A survey of latest intellectual developments in various branches of sciences and knowledge. I have read many great philosophers and thinkers. Great writers like Tolstoy are also great thinkers. My way of reading and looking at life, looking at my life is that as we grow in…
Religion for sale? Like Pepsi, Coke?
Neofeudalism in new religious empires building? As I turned on the TV the Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living Foundation’s Silver Jubilee celebrations at Jakkur Airport grounds came alive! What a fantastic show, I wondered! So, I was caught up by the spectacle, it was all buzz and business from the word go! An estimated…
Can philosophy shoulder the burdens of the world?
Yes, ideas shape the world! How to understand the world? To understand the world, you have to have a philosophy! No philosophy, no world! Yes, as simple as that! But it took 2,000 or more years to reach that conclusion! How to judge the present situation of the world? Optimistic? Or, pessimistic? What hopes for…