tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post6383561492836667484..comments2020-08-01T22:28:50.016-06:00Comments on Proactive Progressive Populism: Shadow of SpiritEdward Bergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post-87150628667665598152011-04-08T21:26:56.283-06:002011-04-08T21:26:56.283-06:00In Phillipa Berry's Introduction to Shadow of ...In Phillipa Berry's Introduction to Shadow of Spirit she quotes D.M. Levin as saying on p.3:<br /><br />"Western metaphysics has forgotten, has suppressed this other vision, this vision without the presence...of the light of day: a vision which understands (the ontological significance of) the absence of light and is open to learning from the greatness – even the terror – of the night."<br /><br />I also appreciate how Berry makes clear that alterity is not "an opposite term in a binary couple." She notes it's a "new mode of awareness," a "non-dual perspective" (4). Indeed it is.Edward Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post-42103510191421664722011-04-08T21:25:33.661-06:002011-04-08T21:25:33.661-06:00On the issue of hegemonic categorization see this ...On the issue of hegemonic categorization see this new article by Tom Murray, which discusses how this occurs in kennilinguism.<br /><br />http://www.perspegrity.com/papers/DevelopmentPrivisos_Murray2011_extended.pdfEdward Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post-83013204307169101402011-04-07T19:53:45.176-06:002011-04-07T19:53:45.176-06:00Also remember our discussion in the "spiritua...Also remember our discussion in the "spirituality & horror" thread, how the alien and wholly other has this opening, liberating and yes spiritual function much like the above.<br /><br />http://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/horror-spirituality-and-theEdward Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.com