Do any of you know of people who effectively communicate a critique of something like romanticism? Context: I was thinking about simple enjoyment. I can imagine a good critique of a saccharine version of that, but I’m not sure that’s a huge problem compared to almost everything.
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Replying to @misen__
Embarrassed to say that much of my understanding comes from David McMahon’s and Thanissaro Bikkhu’s critiques of the Romanticization of modern Buddhism https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/rootsofbuddhistromanticism.html …
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Thanissaro has a book-length version that I’ve only skimmed. Romanticism is a major topic in McMahan’s book:https://vividness.live/2011/06/16/the-making-of-buddhist-modernism/ …
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McMahan says he takes *his* understanding largely from Charles Taylor, who I definitely should have read and haven’t read because… 896 pageshttps://amzn.to/2RM7RmB
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Replying to @Meaningness @misen__
charles taylor disenchantment was the first thing I thought of when I saw the original tweet!
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Replying to @literalbanana @misen__
If I recall correctly, you’ve actually read him. You are a better carbon-based life-form than I am!
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Replying to @Meaningness @misen__
one book and a few youtube lectures so I’m basically history’s greatest expert on his work
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Replying to @misen__ @Meaningness
people started disenchanting religion (getting rid of witchcraft) as a form of piety but they Went Too Far and disenchanted all the things
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my private crackpot theory is that we’ve partially re-enchanted abstract nouns using science and that’s just starting to come apart
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Replying to @literalbanana @Meaningness
I really like this brand of crackpot. I wonder what happens when the markets for Truth & Happiness collapse, I guess someone will arbitrage the abundance of cheap enjoyment into some other hair brained scheme to provide an illusion of safety I know this is very word soupy. Sorry
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