Violence in Nature and Culture

The Ontological War and Ukrobuddhism

The 2nd special episode continues examining the 7 levels of war, focusing on the ontological level, 5 global scenarios, the ontological platforms of China, Russia, USA, and Europe, and the concept of Ukrobuddhism.

Russian War on Ukraine: 7 Levels of War

This special episode focuses on the framework theorizing 7 levels of war in relation to the Russian war against Ukraine, organized in three overarching categories: geopolitical, geoeconomic, and geocultural or ontological.

Peace and Justice

In this twenty fifth and final episode of the first season, I focus on pacifism and just war theory, as well as the cultural and technological aspects of war in today's world, followed by a concluding summary discussion of freedom, authoritarianism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and rhizomatic vs. arborescent thought.

War and Politics

In this twenty fourth episode, I introduce three meta-theories of war (political, eschatological, and cataclysmic) and seven currents of thought situated within that framework: realism, militarism, technological/posthumanist, just war theory, revolutionary/liberationist, pacifism, and cultural, with a discussion of their contemporary relevance.

Violence in Nature and Culture

In this twenty third episode, I continue examining the nature of violence by providing an overview of a number of influential theories and critiques of violence throughout history, including ontological, political, anthropological and mythical, psychological and clinical, evolutionary and ethological, and existential.