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The progressive positivist paradox

May 20, 2020 by Gabriel Garcia in Politics, Sociology

Outlining the paradox at the heart of politics based on progress and the trap it creates when the concepts of rights and equality, and with them, identity, are based on a Western-scientific conception of positivist value and worth.

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May 20, 2020 /Gabriel Garcia
Identity, Politics, Progress, History, Rights
Politics, Sociology

Negative and Positive – Identity and Self

July 09, 2018 by Gabriel Garcia

A meditation on negative self-identification as affected through negative experiences and seeing parallels in this behavior, on an individual level, with larger-scale political currents and (inter)national politics.

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July 09, 2018 /Gabriel Garcia
Identity, History, Heritage, Trauma, Politics

A Post-Truth Test

March 05, 2018 by Gabriel Garcia

A simple question and answer for post-truth frames of mind to illustrate our saturation in information. Something we have no control over.

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March 05, 2018 /Gabriel Garcia
Post-Truth, Politics, Identity

Heritage and Identity

September 04, 2017 by Gabriel Garcia

The origins of personal identity as a heritage of movement, history, politics and cultures melding with one another to create new and temporarily modern ones.

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September 04, 2017 /Gabriel Garcia
Politics, Heritage, Identity, Personal, History, Migration

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