America
in Absentia
Nicholas Ruiz III
ISBN:
0978990218
cultural theory/philosophy/current affairs
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Release Date: December, 2008
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Description
"The unifying principle of the world is Capital. Ethical conceptions
are helpful here. Where a 'fact' is verifiable, a 'value' is relative. In
a special case, Capital is an ethical fact by virtue of its valuation, always
in flux and exchange. Like moral value, Capital is in the eye of the beholder.
Still, this does not mean that there is a grand unifying theory of the real,
because the world seeks fragmentation at all times. Life trumps the world
by its persistence in the face of inevitable death. Extermination, in the
total sense, is the highest stake on the table between the world and life.
America is the highest bidder in this speculative game. Let us hope she
is bluffing."
About
the Author
Nicholas Ruiz III is Associate Professor of Cultural Arts at the Daytona State
College, USA. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Capital and
Integral Reality (with Robert Hassan). He is also the editor of Kritikos.