{"product_id":"amniotic-empire-death-of-the-sublime-in-world-historic-culture-paperback","title":"Amniotic Empire: Death of the Sublime in World-Historic Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew John Spano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Edmund Burke identifies as the sublime in human experience, the arts, and science has been\u003cbr\u003e \"overthrown\" by a new cult-like religion of Scientism. As a secular religion, this new cult structures itself\u003cbr\u003e on the old framework of the Christian religion, in particularly Roman Catholicism, which it attempts to\u003cbr\u003e displace. While it does indeed depend upon the discoveries and advances of science to evangelize its\u003cbr\u003e message, it relies chiefly on belief, manipulation, and coercion as much as did its predecessor, but with\u003cbr\u003e entertainment and consumerism rather than great art and holy ritual as its expression. It is supported by\u003cbr\u003e a lesser cult: The Cult of Mediocrity, represented by the creators of entertainment content, the\u003cbr\u003e education system, government, and the financial industry. Its basis is largely commercial, as its finance\u003cbr\u003e needs are infinite. However, to create the right environment for its infinite expansion, it must work\u003cbr\u003e closely with government and the banking system in various effective ways to achieve its end: which is\u003cbr\u003e the creation of the Apex Consumer, the super-consumer helplessly indebted while equally helplessly\u003cbr\u003e addicted to the mediocre and toxic distractions the amnion offers in place of the Sublime. The collective\u003cbr\u003e result is the \"amnion,\" matrix, or technosphere. It is a de facto false world that strives to be \"more real\"\u003cbr\u003e than reality to the consumer. Consequently, the mass of consumers have already begun to eschew the\u003cbr\u003e \"real\" world of cause and effect, human relations and action, and nature and the sublime. Instead, they\u003cbr\u003e have elected to adopt the amnion's doctrine that everything good comes \"in the future\" - including\u003cbr\u003e medical immortality -- if they can only keep up with the monthly payments on the debt they have taken\u003cbr\u003e on, fatally, through the instrument of the promissory note. The exegesis of this work relies on what it\u003cbr\u003e defines as the \"world-historic\" culture of the collective voices of those who valued the sublime above all\u003cbr\u003e else. These voices include the literary work of European and American Romantic authors, French and\u003cbr\u003e German philosophers, artists, scientists, mathematicians, logicians, and, to a significant degree, the\u003cbr\u003e philosophical and semiotic work of American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist Charles\u003cbr\u003e S. Peirce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47465906077874,"sku":"9781940813516","price":26.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a07f1aa8d8b8afa8d78c07f41772ae7b.webp?v=1779006791","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/amniotic-empire-death-of-the-sublime-in-world-historic-culture-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}