Tag Archives: Abraham Maslow

hunters and collectors: carry that weight

For seemingly forever, sociologists, psychologists, and amateur pundits of all persuasions  have tried to comprehend why people collect; from the Collyer brothers to Eli Broad, it appears a pointless yet universal pursuit at least on the logical surface irrational waters … Continue reading

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dr. jekyll and mr. raw hyde leather

Tell me lies. Tell me sweet little lies. Dr. Jekyll faced some atrocious consequences when he let his dark side run savagely wild with a potion that transformed  him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde. The extreme makeover aside, perhaps are … Continue reading

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“binners” rich and poor

Its a revelation that is both personal and cultural. Some of them regard themselves as business people and entrepreneurs.The psychology is a bit morbid, teetering as it does between mild eccentricity and out and out madness. It’s the kingdom of … Continue reading

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Dionysian sacrifice

Anthony Weiner as a Dionysian sacrifice. Dragged from the fields of Alba onto a sacrificial pyre.As James Frazer in the Golden Bough remarked, was the later pretence of treating the sacrificial victims as if they were human beings was merely … Continue reading

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ayn rand : conservatism as theme park

Atlas Shrugged. The Ayn Rand cult of individualism. The Fountainhead of sorrow? Can something as American as individualism be questioned? Actual events in the past few years seems to have mirrored the nightmare vision of economic collapse amid an unrelenting … Continue reading

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Theory X and Theory Y: Pavlov’s Tiger

” This is garbage” Amy Chua is well; relative success and succeeding within the system.Save the tiger?  The upwardly mobile in which Carnegie Hall and Harvard are brand names, hunted down like shopping for Louis Vuitton and Hermes. My daughter … Continue reading

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Pretty babies:from Drawing Room to the rabbit hole

The shadows of celebrity shows all the reflections of a flickering candle.The shadows are the flip side of the spotlight. They are unpredictable and turn in usual paths and shapes at times..Its always been a battle between the trickle down … Continue reading

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SOCIAL CLASS THEORY: Breaking Through the Skin of Human Culture

August Sander photographed German citizens from all classes and walks of life. Rich, poor, men, women, revolutionaries, artists, tramps, professionals, children, laborers, Communists, Social Democrats, Anglo Saxons, Gypsies,Nazis and Negroes stood or sat squarely in front of his camera, fully … Continue reading

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