A foundational collection of essays exploring the spiritual crisis of the modern age and the necessity of reconnecting with the symbolic and archetypal dimensions of the psyche.
This book details how doubt was strategically manufactured and disseminated regarding established scientific consensus on issues like tobacco smoke, acid rain, and climate change.
It provides historical context for the politicization of science and the influence of industry on public discourse.
Aimed at a broad audience, it examines the intersection of science, politics, and economic interests.
This book provides a sociological analysis of the media’s evolution and its impact on modern society, exploring the interplay between media technologies, symbolic forms, and social structures.
It offers a historical framework for understanding the relationship between media, culture, and power.
Freud controversially applies psychoanalysis to the origins of monotheism, suggesting Moses was an Egyptian priest and the Israelite religion stemmed from repressed memories of Aten worship.
This work explores the psychological underpinnings of religious belief and its relation to cultural history.
This work examines how medieval societies constructed identities by defining and utilizing the monstrous and the abject. It demonstrates how representations of monsters functioned as ‘machines’ that actively shaped social norms and power dynamics.
A comprehensive study of the evolution of human timekeeping, detailing the astronomical, mathematical, and cultural foundations of global calendar systems from antiquity to the modern era.
A scholarly exploration of the concepts of metamorphosis and mutation in the Middle Ages, examining how medieval views on the body and transformation shaped the modern Western understanding of identity.
A detailed investigation into the history and mathematics of the Gregorian calendar, exploring the scientific, religious, and political struggles to align human time with the solar year.
Kepler’s Mathematical Astronomy details the discovery of the laws of planetary motion, transitioning astronomy from circular to elliptical orbits. It represents a pivotal moment in the Scientific Revolution, challenging established cosmological beliefs and paving the way for Newtonian physics.
Gregory Bateson’s final work challenges the separation of mind and nature, advocating for a cybernetic and ecological understanding of consciousness and aesthetics.
It proposes that mental processes are fundamentally relational and embedded within larger systems.
The book integrates insights from anthropology, systems theory, Zen Buddhism, and aesthetics.
