Ooops, that was Terrance Malick, the director. He directed 'The Thin Red Line', 'Badlands', 'The Tree of Life', &etc. Last night I watched 'The New World', and I thought it was wondrous, with music by Wagner. :-) Marsha
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:05 AM, MarshaV wrote: Greetings, Since dmb is sharing information, I'd like to share that Terrence Malick, the movie producer, is a Heideggerian. He's produced only a few movies, and you might enjoy them as he is exploring the Heideggarian concept of 'worlds'. Marsha On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:05 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > >> On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:45 AM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Jung was the kind of thinker who could disturb the psychologists for being >> too theological (Freud) and disturb the theologians for being too >> psychological (Buber). It’s not that he operated in a twilight zone between >> the two but Jung viewed the psyche as inherently spiritual, without >> necessarily entailing any belief in the supernatural. A living religion on >> his view is one that properly serves a psychological need. Not, however, as >> a comforting crutch or as a bandage for one’s neurosis." >> >> See The Jung and the Restless @ >> http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2013/09/28/the-jung-and-the-restless/ >> >> >> >> "People are acutely aware of the meaninglessness of their existence, and >> they try to cover this up in a number of ways. By returning to forms of >> traditional religion such as fundamentalist Christianity. Or by engaging in >> new forms of religion—New Age belief, whether that be yoga or sitting with >> crystals in your hands, finding your inner child, sitting under a pyramid, >> or whatever. All of these are examples of passive nihilism. You might also >> try what Nietzsche calls active nihilism, engaging in acts of terrorism or >> whatever. The idea here is that, given that nothing means anything, we might >> as well blow the whole place up. I would recommend neither passive nor >> active nihilism, both of which seek to escape from the “meaning gap” in our >> lives. The point—the point of Nietzsche’s philosophy, and of philosophy as >> such, in my view—is to think within that gap and work against nihilism. To >> use thought against the nihilism of the present." >> >> See the whole Simon Critchley interview at: >> http://www.believermag.com/issues/200308/?read=interview_critchley >> >> > ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
