Monthly Archives: April 2009

More Fromm…

By Keyvan | Published: 29 April 2009
Men work together. Thousands Stream into the industrial plants and offices—they come in cars, and subways, in buses, in trains—they work together, according to a rhythm measured by the experts, with methods worked out by experts, not too fast, not too slow, but together; each a part of the whole…. Produce, consume, enjoy together, in [...]
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Fromm: Maturity and Mental Health

By Keyvan | Published: 18 April 2009
Erich Fromm, writing about different views on maturity and mental health in his book The Sane Society, has this to say about the popular view in the West: The concept of “maturity” and “mental health” in this view, corresponds to the desirable attitude of a worker or employee in industry or business. To give one example [...]
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Pixelache 2009 in Helsinki, Finland

By Keyvan | Published: 7 April 2009
The Pixelache team in Helsinki, Finland have posted up videos from this year’s event. ZNet’s Michael Albert was there talking about Participatory Economics (Parecon): Despite the cold outside, it was a nice, interesting event. I spent a few minutes presenting the Five Filters project in the open forum, but best of all, I got to catch [...]
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