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Diana Silberman-Keller: Systematic Ideology, a New Hegelian or Functionalist Critique of Ideologies?

August 21, 2014

Introduction This paper introduces Systematic Ideology (SI) as a theoretical approach to ideology critique. The theory was initially developed by Harold Walsby (1947), who worked in a line of descent from F.S. Johnson, Francis Sedlak, the English Hegelians and Karl Marx to Hegel. George Walford (1979, 1990) further enlarged Walsby’s approach and Zvi Lamm (2002)… read more »

Thelma Shinn Richard, Ph.D.: Patterns of Possibility in Doris Lessing’s Space Fiction

August 14, 2012

Human patterns of actions reflected in sacred narratives can help us understand the relevance of the Past to our lives; the literary artist provides the words that select and interpret those actions and make them available as our “other” history. Read as romantic imaginings, these narratives may even reveal hidden historical truths, offering a more… read more »

John Rowan: Dialectical Thinking

August 14, 2012

Dialectics is a form of thought which goes back a long way. In the West, Heraclitus in Ancient Greece was aware of it, and in the East, there are a number of thinkers who practised it. The Tao-Te-Ching is a good example of dialectical writing. The first characteristic of dialectical thinking is that it places… read more »

Will Penman: Chiropracting Systematic Ideology

August 14, 2012

Winner, 2009 George Walford International Essay Prize. In 1947, Harold Walsby wrote The Domain of Ideologies; a Study of the Origin, Development, and Structure of Ideologies. About forty years later, George Walford published Beyond Politics: An Outline of Systematic Ideology. If these two books form the backbone of the socio-political theory known as “systematic ideology,”… read more »

Katherine Lim: The Theory of Judicial Independence in the Context of Systematic Ideology: Precision or Domination?

August 14, 2012

Winner, 2008 George Walford International Essay Prize. The independence of the judiciary is something which is precious to every single member of the community. You must be able to go into court and know that the person sitting in judgment is neutral. – Sir Igor Judge [1] It is well known that women in… read more »

John Rowan: Conduct at the Level of the Ideology of Ideologies

August 22, 2012

Principle 1: Just as in systematic ideology the lower levels remain, no matter how high the higher levels develop; just as in psychology the unconscious far outweighs the conscious, not matter how much the conscious develops; just as the lower centres of consciousness are composed of more cells than the higher centres, no matter how… read more »

Democratic Union: Unity and Tolerance

May 28, 2012

Unity and Tolerance DEMOCRATIC UNION IS a new movement, which all Democratic people can join. WORKS for Total Democracy: Political Democracy (freedom of speech) plus Economic Democracy (freedom from want). BELIEVES that as a nation we should stand on our own feet, and that the scientists can help us do it. BRITAIN TODAY is facing… read more »

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September 4, 2012

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Trevor Blake: Fire Over Europe

August 21, 2014

On 1 October 1942, the Absolute Union of Democracy held a public meeting titled Fire Over Europe. It could be these two undated photographs give a flavor of what Fire Over Europe might have looked like. The Absolute Union of Democracy published books and handbills including Crusade or Suicide!, Unity and Tolerance and Total… read more »