Sustainable Liberty: Integrating Mill’s Philosophy for a Just and Eco-friendly Global Future

John Stuart Mill, a philosopher and political economist of the 19th century, provides a useful framework for examining the interconnectedness and unsustainability of colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism. Let's explore these concepts through Mill's perspectives on liberty, utilitarianism, and economic theory, and then propose a sustainable alternative system. Colonialism and imperialism involve the domination of … Continue reading Sustainable Liberty: Integrating Mill’s Philosophy for a Just and Eco-friendly Global Future

Web of Shadows: The Interconnected Instability of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Claude Lévi-Strauss, a pioneering anthropologist, provides a framework through structuralism to examine cultural phenomena as interconnected systems. By analyzing the philosophies underpinning colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism, we can debate their interconnectivity and unsustainability through a Lévi-Straussian lens. Interconnectivity: Colonialism: Structural Perspective: Lévi-Strauss might analyze colonialism as a structural imposition where one culture imposes its … Continue reading Web of Shadows: The Interconnected Instability of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism