James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XXI: THINKING ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC OF SELF-HARMFurther reflecting on the crisis of self-harm, maybe its seeds begin when we find it much easier to handle somebody’s phoniness as if it…Sep 26, 20181Sep 26, 20181
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XX: THINKING ABOUT SELF-HARM IThe recent news of two super high visibility suicides is a psychological shock, that such individuals would forfeit, return only partially…Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XIX: THINKING ABOUT FAUX-INTIMACYI am beginning to wonder if I am getting it wrong, so I thought I’d better check it out. Every day, several times, in casual interactions…Jun 23, 20181Jun 23, 20181
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XVIII: TALKING ABOUT YOUTH ACTIVISM IIAdults in America know that young people have a deep well of grievances that could at any time overflow and swamp the best laid plans of…Apr 17, 2018Apr 17, 2018
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XVII: TALKING ABOUT YOUTH ACTIVISM IThe young people are doing it, what the rest of us should but haven’t. They are demanding accountability. A systematic war of repression is…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XVI: THINKING ABOUT SYMPTOMSIt is now clear that we are in the grip of a serious disease. This devastating affliction has produced endless articles, essays…Mar 13, 20181Mar 13, 20181
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XV: THE DISABLING OF THE AMERICAN YOUNGAt the very time I was talking with students (reported in Blog Posts #13 and #14) about their long difficulties asserting a sense of…Feb 21, 20181Feb 21, 20181
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XIV: TALKING ABOUT ADEQUACY IIWhat does it mean for one’s future self to show up? A couple of weeks ago, before we had begun examining the American culture of inadequacy…Jan 13, 2018Jan 13, 2018
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XIII: TALKING ABOUT ADEQUACY IA problem has come up that I should know how to handle, but I don’t. A number of students in my classes don’t want to complete course…Dec 4, 20171Dec 4, 20171
James BlockBEYOND THE COLLAPSE XII: THINKING ABOUT CHANGEAmericans have long inhabited — and indulged in — a responsibility-free bubble. As the most mobile people on earth, we were given an…Nov 5, 20172Nov 5, 20172