Tag: christianity

  • KbA

    On Leadership, between Dussel and Burnham

    For the past months I have struggled with several ideas pertaining to democratic theory. First, on the question of legitimacy (“what gives rulers legitimacy”). Second, on the methods towards electing —and maintaining— a leader (i.e., either presidentialism or parliamentarism, but also exact mechanisms of representation, either representative democracy or direct democracy). Third, and above all, […]

  • KbA

    Being as My Ancestors

    I remember, when I was possibly six or seven, that one night I was crying uncontrollably because I realized that at one time I would have to die, and this meant non-existence. This happened several nights. Thoughts stormed all over my head, from “what is non-existence”, to “how does it feel”, “how do we know […]