Thou Art What?
Jim Palmer’s essay revisits Michel Foucault’s claim that the modern self‑subject is a recent invention, not an innate origin. By juxtaposing Foucault’s historical analysis with Buddhist anattā, the piece argues that identity is produced by power‑knowledge structures rather than discovered inside a stable core. It further contends that existential health must shift from uncovering a hidden self to actively engaging with the conditions that shape us. The article frames this shift as a post‑disciplinary inquiry that blends philosophy, psychology, linguistics and anthropology.
Something Is Not Right
The author announces a new book, *Modern Humans in Search of Ground in a Nihilistic Age*, and is releasing its chapters as working drafts. The preface, shared in this post, frames the project as an interactive experiment where reader feedback...