Women, Philosophy, and Democracy (Part II): Nietzsche and Riane Eisler on Embodied/Social Cognition
Channel: Yogi Philosopher
Date: 2024-02-04

This is second part of my summary of the contents and significance of my new book 'Nietzschean, Feminist, and Embodied Perspectives on the Presocratics: Philosophy as Partnership (available via the link below). In part I, I explained how Nietzsche's reading of the presocratic philosophers as being primarily religious reformers enables us to see that western philosophy began as what we today would call a feminist religious reformation. Here, I illustrate the contemporary significance of this thesis by arguing that we should return to the original form of philosophy--that is, that we should remake philosophy into a goddess-centred religiosity that sees inquiry as a path towards divinization which unfolds over the course of successive lifetimes--so as to create a new spiritual foundation for democracy. I draw from Riane Eisler's cultural transformation theory to not only show that democracy necessitates a sufficiently philosophical and feminine culture but also to argue that re-aligning philosophy with goddess spirituality can ignite the kind of personal and global transformation that me and many others are promoting; the renaissance of western culture the need for which is being increasing felt as we move further into the 21st century, and which is necessary if we, as a species, are to progress to a more sustainable global paradigm. Basically, by revealing how goddess spirituality gave birth to western philosophy and democracy (and, hence, to the current world order), I maintain that a goddess-oriented global religious reformation is necessary for a rebirth of human civilization. Finally, I briefly discuss how I will continue all this in my next book (currently titled) 'Psychedelic Immortality: Nietzschean Perspectives on Reincarnation, Femtheogens, and Philosophy.'

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'Nietzschean, Feminist, and Embodied Perspectives on the Presocratics: Philosophy as Partnership' available here:
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