Culture Organizational Behavior Phenomenology

Reading Erich Fromm’s On Being Human

By Davood Gozli | by Davood Gozli

“Today the primary issue is not the competition of people among one another and the antagonisms that result from the spirit of competition. Quite the contrary: People today form a team, a well-oiled group that works smoothly together, since this is the only way that large enterprises can function. Modern industry and economics have effectively developed to the point that, as a requisite for operation, they need people who […] possess as little individuality as…

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interview Michel Foucault Philosophy

Interview with Prof. Johanna Oksala

By Davood Gozli | by Davood Gozli

Johanna Oksala holds the position of Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago (LUC). Before her role at LUC, she was on faculty at Pratt Institute of Art and Design in New York, the New School for Social Research in New York, the University of Helsinki in Finland, and the University of Dundee in Scotland. Prof. Oksala specializes in political philosophy, feminist philosophy, environmental philosophy, Marxist theory, Michel Foucault, and phenomenology.…

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book review Technology

Nexus: Yuval Noah Harari’s Perspective on Information, Power, and AI

By Davood Gozli | by Davood Gozli

Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, is a narrative treatment of history, anthropology, political theory, and artificial intelligence. It’s a continuation of his ambitious style that began with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. One of the main arguments of Nexus is that information doesn’t represent truth; it creates connections that form new realities. Harari contrasts his perspective on information with what he…

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Descriptive Psychology Psychology in Everyday Life

Understanding Attachment, Love, and Parenting

By Davood Gozli | by Davood Gozli

Any attempt to understand human relationships leads to an exploration of attachment and the importance of parent-child bond. Though my YouTube channel has been indirectly attentive to these themes, there are a few videos where I have approached the subject. In this post, I give an overview of the material from three videos. If you’d like to see the source material, you can click on the video links. Attachment: The Foundation of Relationships The first…

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General Update Reading Group

My “Top 10” Books of 2024

By Davood Gozli | by Davood Gozli

Inspired by a friend’s tweet, I decided to reflect on what I read during 2024 and make my own list of favourite reads of the year. I’m dividing the list into fiction and nonfiction, and because I have a stronger affinity, in general, for literary fiction—in the spirit of delaying whatever offers the most gratification—let us begin with the nonfiction category. Nonfiction 10. The Scent of Time by Byung-Chul Han (Translated by Daniel Steuer)This essay,…

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