| 单词 | materialism |
| 例句 | Dear Lucia, Have you completely sold yourself to the materialism of the American society? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I was attracted to the scientific underpinnings of dialectical materialism, for I am always inclined to trust what I can verify. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiction provided a useful disguise for dangerous ideas such as the atheism and materialism of Cyrano. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I acquired the complete works of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and others and probed into the philosophy of dialectical and historical materialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dialectical materialism seemed to offer both a searchlight illuminating the dark night of racial oppression and a tool that could be used to end it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I talk about charity and questioning Mummy’s materialism. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z For Glanvill, and others like him, the new science was intended to serve as a bulwark against materialism and atheism; being modern and believing in witchcraft went hand in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A friend once asked me how I could reconcile my creed of African nationalism with a belief in dialectical materialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many eighteenth-century atheists, such as d’Holbach and Diderot, were to take their inspiration from Descartes’ mechanism and turn it into a systematic materialism with no room for God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I look around my table, and everyone seems completely fascinated as Ms. Smith introduces the book, telling us about Fitzgerald’s life and asking us for a definition of materialism. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The materialism of domestic life and the excessive ministrations of his mother and his sister, who insisted on feeding and dressing him, irritated him, as did Alba’s fascinated pursuit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A former journalist, he previously abandoned Chrysopolis and its crass materialism for the solitude of a mountain retreat. It’s the End of Humanity. Maybe It’s for the Best. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Over the following decades, more communities, including the Amana Colonies in Iowa and the Oneida Colony in upstate New York, served as sanctuaries from materialism and modernity. The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Their quest for an afterlife was partly driven by revulsion against materialism. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z In a 1993 interview with The New York Times, he reflected on materialism, his reduced circumstances and the lessons of “Hair.” Michael Butler, Who Brought ‘Hair’ to Broadway, Dies at 95 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The splashy project landed him on talk shows and magazine covers as the photogenic shorthand for Reagan-age materialism. Review: ‘The Confidence Man’ Finds Trump’s Business Image Was Made for TV 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s infuriated religious conservatives by furthering “the Scientific Martyr Myth of Giordano Bruno” within its “glossy multi-million-dollar piece of agitprop for scientific materialism.” Stop giving equal time to pseudo-science! 2014-03-24T14:08:00Z He loves the Brahmins for both their knowledge and their disdain for materialism. A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Common conceives of bright dreams and big futures, but his life, like that of even the most strident believer, is still filled with materialism and impurity. Music Monday: Common Dreams Big 2011-12-19T17:30:42Z They shared values, she says, including a distrust of materialism, and she appreciated that he was "somebody who sees things in a different way," though just how different was something she did not anticipate. 'The Wolfpack,' an extraordinary true-life tale of brothers who saved one another 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And behind the portrait of individual desperation lurks a wider point about a society, six months after Mrs Thatcher's elevation to power, that has nothing much to offer but a savourless materialism. Ecstasy - review 2011-03-16T00:17:46Z Will their children learn about gratitude or generosity, or greed and materialism? It’s a Ho-Ho-Humblebrag holiday: The annual debate over kids and gift-giving rears its ugly head 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Even this takes the form of materialism, as the increasingly mad Englishman, Stanton, insists that his God is more powerful because he owns everything, while the Nigerian gods possess nothing. Books of The Times: ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.,’ by Okey Ndibe 2013-12-29T22:31:18Z By the 1990s, these worries seemed kind of quaint — the stuff of vaguely remembered church sermons about materialism, of old Life magazine articles about mass society and suburban alienation. Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America 2013-12-22T12:00:00Z Their domestic life is like the saddest bits of Desperate Housewives crossed with the worst materialism ever demonstrated on House Hunters, all played at warp speed. Wanderlust: Nudists and Jennifer Aniston, Though Not in That Order 2012-02-24T15:45:56Z Do you think that plays a prominent role in people moving away from materialism, or is it more of a secondary outcome? Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things 2014-03-08T21:00:00Z The Chinese critic Raymond Zhou denounced “Tiny Times” in The Beijing Evening News and in a subsequent appearance on the China Central Television show “Crossover,” faulting its undercurrent of “crass” materialism and “bad taste.” In ‘Tiny Times’ Movies, Material Girls Have a Nation Tsking 2013-09-03T21:42:17Z If you have the resources, experiencing Christmas in another culture can put the ridiculous pressure and materialism of a traditional American Christmas into hilarious perspective. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Christmas traditions and what you bring to the table 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z She professes to be an introvert, and she repeatedly laments New York’s materialism, posturing and social churn. Tina Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair Diaries’ Recall a Glossier Time 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Any apparent contradictions in his efforts are also our own; his corpus is a messy synthesis of our modern way of seeing, which wears a disguise of materialism over a theological body. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z It shows that his materialism has trapped him. William Blake's picture of God 2010-08-17T13:00:00Z Yet none of these texts provided much materialism for Marx. Karl Marx: a Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber – review 2013-06-26T07:00:04Z The show stars Matt Smith of Doctor Who fame as the maniacal serial killer Patrick Bateman, who epitomizes the corporate greed and materialism of ’80s Wall Street. 4 Ways The American Psycho Musical Differs from the Novel 2013-12-13T22:14:40Z It absorbs the withering stares of El Greco’s “St. Jerome” and Holbein’s “Sir Thomas More,” across the room, and deflects the seductive vanity and materialism of the Titians on either side. Overlooked Works That Deserve Another Glance 2010-12-30T23:21:19Z Dialectical materialism was to imply denial and self-sacrifice no longer. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z “Kids mirror the larger culture, from reality TV to materialism.” Cultural Studies: The Playground Gets Even Tougher 2010-10-08T19:50:00Z It used to be called materialism, but Miss Manners recognizes that the condition is so contagious as to no longer be distinguishing. Perspective | Miss Manners: Bowing out of in-laws’ political group texts 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Neither iteration of “Dynasty” can be separated from its devotion to materialism and the one percent. A ‘Dynasty’ for Generation ‘Gossip Girl’ (Mom Can Watch, Too) 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The Joneses don't exist, except as a living commercial for how materialism makes a family happy. 'The Joneses' can't keep up with an interesting premise 2010-04-15T20:45:00Z How do I stop worrying about losing my son in a war of materialism? How parents can survive — and even thrive — during the holidays 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z So, mundane or not, the crystal is literally a touchstone for Ms. Cappellazzo’s brand of materialism: the belief that, simply put, only matter matters. Possessed: Amy Cappellazzo of Christie?s Keeps a Quartz Crystal 2012-04-13T17:55:48Z The triumph of secular materialism may be the conceit of modernity, but it does very little to unveil the essence of culture or to account for its diversity and complexity. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond – review 2013-01-09T10:22:31Z This may be part of the reason why the man most evocative of 1980s materialism and excess, who built his fame on the appearance of being rich and famous, now sits in the Oval Office. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z As part of the rapid social change of the late 1960s, idealists in rebellion against rat-race materialism joined communes and encounter groups. SoulCycle Without the Bike: Here Comes Peoplehood 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z With the global economic meltdown providing inspiration, End of the Rainbow finds him rueing capitalism, materialism and social climbing. Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B – review 2012-09-27T21:18:01Z Ellison detested the hypocrisy, provincialism and crass materialism of Tuskegee. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In 1989, Nicholas Wade reviewed Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature,” which argued that society’s unchecked materialism and hunger for natural resources would lead to humanity’s end. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The relationship seems to reflect the magical thinking of childhood, but more than that it's a comment on the materialism of our species and its consequences for our planet. Edward Carey discusses his gothic adventure, 'Heap House' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Tom makes it clear from the start that he is raging against "it", by which he mean mindless materialism and convention. The Good Life 2010-04-09T05:45:00Z The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s description of a triplet of giant evils — racism, extreme materialism and militarism, each insoluble in isolation from the others — helps us identify an answer to the Tribune’s question. Claiming our right not to kill: Resolutions should be about fighting racism, greed and militarism 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z But they are also engaged in lifelong rebellions against her: Olga with her materialism and Prieto via his role in what his mother sees and deplores as a ruthless colonialist government. The Daughter of a Revolutionary Becomes a Wedding Planner. Drama Ensues. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The new materialism is philosophically crude, morally deficient, evolutionarily regressive, existentially stunted and plain dumb. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z Ellora’s death taught me to care little for materialism and sentimentality. What shall I do with the sympathy cards people sent when my baby died? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z But it was in the 1980s, as the social consciousness of the Bob Marley era gave way to dancehall's rampant materialism, that the shoes gained iconic status. Vybz Kartel puts Clarks footprint on Jamaica 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z This is going to sound corny but I found that people were more about the Christmas spirit than they were about the materialism of the holidays — they invited me into their homes, their businesses. In Connecticut, a Quintessential Christmas 2017-11-18T05:00:00Z But although the film was a hit, Stone's larger message about the moral perils of materialism did not sink in. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z The eight-minute “Retribution” starts with her calmly declaiming about materialism despoiling Mother Earth. The Playlist: The Gospel According to Alicia Keys 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Sticks' devised piece, The Hoarder, is inspired by a true story and investigates materialism and loneliness. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-04-26T13:42:00Z In terms of thematic unity, novelty and genuine artistry, “Loveless,” Zvyagintsev’s superbly controlled portrait of materialism and selfishness in post-Soviet Russia, made an impact far more powerful than mere shock or “aww.” Perspective | At Cannes, auteurs are worshiped, for better and, too often, for worse 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Its members swore to protect villagers from “materialism, injustice and tyranny.” California-raised kids vs. Mexico’s violent cartel 2014-01-18T22:00:00Z Within the view of materialism, everything is composed of collections of material particles. 10,000 germ species per human 2012-06-13T17:20:00Z Is there an alternative to consumer culture and materialism? How to live well: A handy reading list 2012-12-10T12:45:00Z His main takeaway from the film wasn’t that materialism at all costs is a hollow pursuit, nor that affluence isolates you from those you love, but that Charles Foster Kane should “get a different woman”. #ImWithHim: why Donald Trump is right to watch all films on fast-forward 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z I was the son of a businessman and I wanted to discover the meaning of life beyond materialism; I felt religion may hold the answers. Experience: I escaped from the Moonies 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She recently argued that poetry was "in the ascendant" among young people, and that as they rejected materialism they would channel their thoughts and ideas, especially on green issues, into poetry. Poetry's future 2010-06-18T07:30:00Z Mr. Tost is taking the mystery train, trying to find a story that gets down into the roots of American materialism, faith and violence. Review: ‘Damnation’ and the Sick Soul of 1930s America 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z For many philosophers, such a label indicates a resistance to reductive materialism without an acceptance of Cartesian dualism – René Descartes' view that in some respects, the mind stands separate from the body. Brian O'Shaughnessy obituary 2010-07-14T17:13:00Z “Conversation is usually about spending money or materialism in general.” The wealth gap: How changing fortunes tear close friends apart 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In 2000, the colors and props were multiplied to excess, with the town’s residents embracing a level of heightened materialism that seemed to be what the Grinch was railing against. Three Grinches, Three Ways to Steal Christmas 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z In its most recent season, though, the show’s ever-present commodity fetishism and obsessive materialism curdled a bit, going from joke to simple fact. Here’s Who Should—and Actually Will—Win Emmys This Year 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z America in Freberg's creative heyday, which stretched from the Korean through the Vietnam wars, was a place of hope and dread, of consumerism exalted and materialism decried. Satirist Stan Freberg, ad man and comic, dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. De Feo’s work is described by some as a form of culture jamming, that is, an attempt to explore consumer assumptions about media and materialism through street art. Graffiti Artist Defaces Fashion Ads, Fashion Embraces Him 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The rest is covered by a generic field of sensuously brushed, subtly modulated color evoking tension between cosmic space and the raw materialism of paint. Art Review: Richard Prince at Gagosian and Salon 94 Bowery 2010-05-27T21:22:00Z Our rampant materialism, boiling planet, corporate overlords, corrupt politics, soulless entertainments, egomaniacal artists, selfish selves: it’s all here, in Tillman’s pitiless exploration of human nature, and of himself. Weekly Culture Review: Pulitzers, Kendrick Lamar, and More 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Lucas is notorious for his hard-line stance against a certain subsection of hip-hop’s fascination with drugs and materialism. Review | Joyner Lucas has a heavy-handed message, but makes it look good 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Their key finding: “As a neighborhood becomes wealthier, individual materialism increases and, in turn, is associated with increased impulsive buying tendencies and reduced savings behaviors.” Study: Wealthier neighborhoods breed materialistic residents 2014-02-18T00:00:00Z “He was a guerrilla fighter against materialism and fame, and in a sense he’s still fighting today,” said Frances F. L. Beatty, president of Richard L. Feigen & Co., the gallery that represents Mr. Johnson’s estate. Ray Johnson Defies Categories 20 Years After His Death 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Yet for six decades feminist leaders overfocused on Barbie's petite size, fashion flair and materialism, missing the bigger picture of how wildly progressive she was. How feminists are catching up to Barbie: She's everything – and has always been subversive 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z All of the things that the automobile symbolizes in America, such as freedom, mobility, wealth and materialism, applies to black people too. "You needed the Negro Motorist Green Book more in the North and the West" 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z All three were anxious that the rise of spiritualism would block the advance of scientific materialism. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z Much of the novel that follows is composed of His thoughts on everything from materialism and television to genetics and global warming. In This Novel, God Is Annoyed and in Love 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Victorian materialism, with its trust in science, technology, progress and smoking chimneys above well-ordered factories, was antithetical to the revival of romantic chivalry he craved. Disraeli: Or the Two Lives by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young – review 2013-07-17T17:05:21Z Green railed against rock 'n' roll materialism, gave away his money and property and unsuccessfully asked his band mates to divest themselves of their earnings. Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac founder, dies at 73 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z In a 2011 Daily News column, he savored “those affirmative, good-time American moments capable of transcending one-dimensional materialism.” Stanley Crouch, contentious man of letters, dead at 74 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The supposedly harmless dental dainty has become an ambassador of rank materialism. This Life: Act II for the Tooth Fairy ? This Life 2011-12-09T18:52:47Z But is it a match for the corrupt power of materialism? Progressive Capitalism by David Sainsbury; The Locust and the Bee by Geoff Mulgan – review 2013-05-04T14:00:04Z It is, I think, intended to be a satire — a comment on materialism and on not-quite-young people who know nothing but entitlement, shocking us to make a point. Be warned: ‘The Comedy’ stinks | Movie review 2012-12-06T22:04:42Z “The current data argue against such predictions, given that the dislocation and insecurity wrought by high levels of unemployment and other economic woes are associated with higher levels of youth materialism later in life.” Are millennials delusional? 2013-05-02T16:36:00Z But if materialism is incorrect, that would be equally interesting: perhaps brains are more like radios that receive an as-yet-undiscovered force. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z In Cujo, the materialism of the 1980s American family tears itself apart from the inside, as represented by the family dog gone mad. In support of Stephen King 2012-07-18T14:16:00Z For the Clique books to be successful works of satire, they would have to spend more time critiquing superficial materialism and less time glorifying it. How the Clique Books Taught Me to Hate Other Girls and Myself 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Shawn Wen: Movement, expression, death, the body, evasion, obsessiveness, materialism, pomp and sad clowns. Salon’s author questionnaire: Inside Tom Perrotta’s “Mrs. Fletcher” and more summer must-reads 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z He was a marvelous paradox: an alienated Everyman, a dignified buffoon, an avatar of ordinary Italianness menaced on one side by modern materialism and on the other by the encrusted legacies of feudalism and fascism. ‘Una Vita Difficile’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The materialism that he had mocked in his political cartoons had grown exponentially. The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z You’ve been marched from quasi-religious belief in transcendentalist possibility through stages of increasing materialism and absurdity, ending with Mr. Serra’s adamant existentialism. Art Review: ‘Re-View: Onnasch Collection’ Is a Postwar Journey 2014-02-20T23:25:13Z Then there is the downside of the holiday — materialism, uncomfortable family reunions and the like — which horror filmmakers flip and move into dark territory. Ho, Ho, Homicide: Killer Santa Is Back in ‘Silent Night’ 2012-11-25T01:00:06Z Talking to secularists as well as ministers, he explores the connections between faith, materialism and politics. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z I think people are pretty familiar with the narrative of how materialism became this key way of living. Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things 2014-03-08T21:00:00Z Officials believe the promotion of "core socialist values" - a phrase meant to counter calls by liberal Chinese for "universal values" - will bolster social cohesion in the face of rising materialism. China to curb 'overly entertaining' reality TV 2011-10-26T11:18:17Z The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny — everything in hip-hop is amplified. Talib Kweli on the Burdens of Being Hip-Hop’s Outspoken Conscience 2013-06-19T16:29:21Z He also does little to shed new light on such perennial topics as the contradictions in the American soul, torn between materialism and idealism, hedonism and puritanism, individuality and conformity. Books of The Times: ‘To America With Love,’ by. A. A. Gill 2013-08-21T22:17:14Z At this stage there are remnants of childish freedom in Marie-Angèle, despite the religiosity and materialism that will distort her life as she grows to adulthood. Ignorance by Michèle Roberts - review 2012-05-25T21:55:01Z But lately American materialism is debuting a new look. The New Spiritual Consumerism 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But if it worshiped materialism and chased wealth, it too would suffer the curse of Atalanta. Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z There is an implicit argument here between faith and materialism, one that is resolved with wit, conviction and generosity of spirit. Movie Review: ‘Ida,’ About an Excavation of Truth in Postwar Poland 2014-05-02T12:20:44Z Indeed, the opulence of the new building reflects the kind of corporate materialism they feel has stifled poetry all across America. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z In her resolute rejection of materialism, is she lying to him, or more importantly, lying to herself – -all in order to be a good person? ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Who’s Good? 2014-04-17T03:01:34Z There’s every reason to resist the gross materialism and conservative sexual politics of Pretty Woman, but Roberts makes Vivian’s ascendence to the upper crust a victory for the little guy. Pretty Woman at 30: conservatism, materialism and glowing star power 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The 1920s was a period of acute materialism. The cutthroat history behind the explosive "Perry Mason" grocery feud 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The pleasures of materialism were displayed as ostentatiously as possible, and the answer to choosing immense riches or true love was, “I’ll take both, please.” film: Much Taller, Still Plastered 2010-08-27T19:23:00Z He was born in communist Yugoslavia in 1949, and received a thorough grounding in Marxism and the principles of "dialectical materialism". Less Than Nothing by Slavoj Žižek – review 2012-06-27T11:52:01Z This is you give your old clothes to your friends, but the materialism is spread so thin. W. Kamau Bell on going up against Bill Cosby in Showtime series: "It is scary" 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Holiday materialism has Charlie in a major funk and Lucy tries to help, but it takes Linus to save the holiday. Holiday TV forecast: a sleighful of movies, music, a Grinch 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In 2000, he published his final volume, a collection of essays titled “A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile” probing topics such as racism, materialism and conformity to alienation. James Alan McPherson, first black writer to win Pulitzer Prize in fiction, dies at 72 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Around 95% of Thais are Buddhist, yet the numerous stories of monks arrested for multi-million-dollar corruption scandals, or photographed on private jets carrying Louis Vuitton luggage, conflict with the supposed spiritual rejection of materialism. The man with the exploding head: the director inspired by his medical condition 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In “The Last Cargo Cult,” he found a way to examine American materialism through a visit to a religious group in the South Seas that worshiped money. Perspective | A critic taken with Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ lists 10 other favorite solo shows 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z These muted watercolors, a response to the purported materialism of Western art, emphasized spiritual and natural themes. 36 Hours in Kolkata, India 2012-11-22T15:12:44Z Trampling through moorland, fens and heaths, Hayden reflects on the meaning of life and the excesses of materialism and muses extensively on music, consulting Plato, Epicurus, Hegel and Kierkegaard along the way. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The music was disconnected from life, and his materialism sounded passé even for hip-hop. Jay-Z and the Politics of Rapping in Middle Age 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Or there’s the materialism in the Cardi B song, where she covets diamonds, luxury cars and designer clothes. Kidz Bop is the go-to of tot music. But do we really need to replace ‘tattoo’ with ‘hairdo’? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z But to many, Rand’s philosophy of “rational selfishness” seemed as harsh and limited as the Russians’ materialism. Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Martin uses Blair's character – how his dreams turned to despair under the onslaught of materialism and compromise – as an effective metaphor for the America of the 1980s. Science fiction & fantasy roundup – reviews 2012-07-06T21:55:14Z The hippies shunned the materialism of the typical middle-class lifestyle. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z When I discovered him as an art student in the late 1950s he was serious about life and death, an intellectual who believed in dialectical materialism and all that. “You have naked bodies and genitalia, don’t you? Why are you so adolescent?”: Director Peter Greenaway on “Puritan” Americans and the intense sex scenes in “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z They assign them the negative qualities of capitalism – materialism and cutthroat competitiveness – while downplaying Asians’ self-assertion and individuality, which are qualities valued by Western societies. How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes — and took America by storm 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z And I think that in terms of war, in terms of materialism, in terms of religious sectarianism. Note to Dancers: ‘Drop Your Self-Consciousness’ and Get Into It 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Looking at history, it seems clear, at least to me, that there’s a consortium that has always favored, let’s say, materialism/corporatism/violence. George Saunders on the Induced Bafflement of Fiction 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z However, even in the initiative's most seemingly innocuous themes there exists a powerful meta-message selling raw consumerism and materialism. "Sesame Street": Brought to you by PNC Bank 2011-05-05T17:01:00Z "I'm Beamin," off of Fiasco's upcoming "Lasers" album, the self-proclaimed nerd stressed the importance of education and criticized materialism. Lupe Fiasco disses Obama on single 2011-02-01T16:53:47Z Or is it something more complicated, and maybe even benevolent – a sign that millennials aren’t as resigned to godless materialism as commonly thought? Is this the cultural moment of the ‘hot priest’? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Examining the relationship between materials and materialism, it is a rare doc indeed: entertaining, beautiful to look at and bristling with human dignity. London film festival ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z Bragging and materialism are at war with self-consciousness and self-criticism in Mr. West’s songs; a hero of ambivalence, he slammed home all the contradictions. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z Or is it all just money, misogyny and materialism? Foxsports.com columnist Jason Whitlock believes hip-hop has been "hijacked by America's extreme incarceration and it reflects that culture". AUDIO: Has rap music been hijacked? 2012-06-26T08:42:57Z The only thing left is the materialism of the season. How Donald Trump ruined Christmas: I won't celebrate this year, and he's why 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Lee has consistently depicted the African-American community as consumed by hypocrisy, corruption, shallow materialism and self-hatred. “Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z "Fast Five" is a movie about crass materialism, masculine sentimentality and extreme violence, all of them exaggerated to the point of caricature. "Fast Five" and the new action-movie brutality 2011-04-29T21:30:00Z Dissatisfaction with materialism and the usual rewards of society is not new, but minimalism is not an idea with a straightforward chronological history. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The saint was famous for rejecting materialism and teaching the divine beauty of the natural world. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s a bleak temple to materialism, a sort of modernist version of the death-denying pyramids of Egypt. Review: Sienna Miller Coaxes New Life From an Old ‘Cat’ 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z "The Nightingale" touches lightly on some contemporary Chinese social issues, including materialism, marriage problems and intergenerational tensions. China's foreign-language Oscars pick, 'Nightingale,' a surprise move 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Coarsened into a conflict between Hollywood’s “bourgeois illusionism” and Marxist materialism, the debate over the two different editing styles would inform film aesthetics for generations to come. DVD: New on Video, ?Strike? and the Works of Dirk Bogarde 2011-08-27T03:43:02Z With this album, Elliott was thinking beyond impulses like realism, which defined the rap of the eighties and the gangsta rap of the early nineties, and materialism, which preoccupied the new black conglomerate class. Missy Elliott’s “Supa Dupa Fly” Came From The Future 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z So if anything, levels of materialism are heading still higher, even as work becomes harder to come by, and young people feel less inclined to enthusiastically pursue it. Are millennials delusional? 2013-05-02T16:36:00Z He stalked the shadows of metal and emo and punk rock, and fleeced rap of its devotion to materialism, focussing instead, obsessively, on existential crisis. The Violent Life and Shocking Death of XXXTentacion 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z And there are questions about the nature of materialism and consumption. How to live well: A handy reading list 2012-12-10T12:45:00Z Nevertheless, most artists of modern and postmodern times, including Bloom, have sought to reconcile vulgar materialism and high-minded idealism. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z The road this couple travels, from naïve visions of utopia to self-serving materialism, has been mapped many times before. Arts & Leisure: ‘Denial,’ ‘Bofors Gun’ and the London Revival of Rage 2012-06-17T00:00:31Z In both Riding the Iron Rooster and Sailing Through China, he made strong claims as a China hand — though he now has as little good to say about the materialism of the Middle Kingdom. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z The callow Arash is obviously symbolic of skyrocketing, post-World War II materialism, which is here accompanied by an unseemly callousness tinged with melancholy. This dramatic ‘Equation’ doesn’t quite add up 2014-01-30T21:01:10Z It is more about the profound and fragile obligations of loyalty and family that serve as a counterweight to unchecked avarice and blind materialism. Film: Drive and Determination of Zuckerberg and Gekko 2010-10-02T00:56:00Z It entices us with the glamour of the parties and the wonderful material aspects of Gatsby’s life – but it shows that his falling for the false promises of materialism destroys him. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z But to me, the hippie moment was a critique of materialism. What can we learn from 1967’s Summer of Love to help us through our current political nightmare? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z I am often asked this question and I know that, at the time of writing, in 1988, I was casting around for some means to examine the moral consequences of Britain's plunge into Thatcherite materialism. Restoration by Rose Tremain 2012-09-28T21:55:04Z Family Ties, which he created in the 80s, centred around a liberal hippy couple, whose offspring were more in tune with the materialism of the Reagan era. Family Ties creator dies aged 68 2013-06-24T10:07:21Z But trying to force Nabokov’s exquisitely controlled satire of bourgeois materialism and conventionality into a slapstick would-be youth comedy was a grave error. Nabokov and the Movies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The curators had said that many of the images were meant to critique the materialism of Russian society, but prosecutors argued that the men’s activities were extremist and meant to inflame religious strife. Organizers of Sakharov Museum Show Convicted in Moscow 2010-07-12T22:19:00Z To that end, the Okee Dokee Brothers say they try to resist music that glorifies materialism or frivolity, instead favoring nature, exercise and spending time outdoors. Okee Dokee Brothers ride the river to a Grammy nod 2012-12-07T23:18:09Z Is it just a clever name for materialism, or is there something else you’re trying to get at? Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things 2014-03-08T21:00:00Z I don’t want to think this is just vulgar materialism, or that Dollar is ripping them off, but instead that they are paying for sound practical financial advice. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z “The Kindergarten Teacher” is a furious indictment of the materialism and complacency of 21st-century life, in Israel and implicitly beyond. Review: From Israel, ‘The Kindergarten Teacher,’ a Drama About Poetry and Obsession 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z If the world was to be reducible to physical causation, then all mental experiences—intention, agency, purpose, meaning—must be secondary qualities, inexplicable within the framework of materialism. Do We Have Minds of Our Own? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s just the kind of empty materialism that P-Funk was originally born to sabotage. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z That discrepancy — between an exquisite sensibility and a world of grubby, shallow materialism — may explain some of the temperamental quirks that Reynolds shares with his creator. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Instead of waiting tables in the taproom of an inn, Marcus works as a part-time librarian, like Neil in “Goodbye, Columbus,” Roth’s story about the fifties battle between earnestness and materialism. Philip Roth Versus the Movies 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr. VanWyngarden’s lyrics turned gloomier and were particularly skeptical about success and materialism. Music Review: MGMT Performs at Barclays Center 2013-12-15T22:24:44Z It is an ideology of individualism, materialism, competition, and “freedom of choice.” The myths of happiness 2013-03-31T21:00:00Z In a ham-handed diatribe near the end of the film he denounces their materialism and self-absorption. Movie Review: ‘Little White Lies,’ From Guillaume Canet, With Jean Dujardin 2012-08-23T21:35:51Z It is a compelling, and often moving, performance, and a work that asks you to think about technology, belief systems, social customs, rapacious materialism, the environment and theater itself. Holland Festival Tackles the Enigma That Is Europe 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The Culture is trapped between two unilateral conformities; transcendence and materialism. The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M Banks - review 2012-10-10T07:00:02Z Vulgar materialism, climate change denialism, status anxiety and the solipsism of the rich are all implicitly denounced, as is misogyny. In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Then, once they’ve drained the place of its most unnecessary items, in a show of brazen materialism, they’ll photograph their receipt and post it online. Fools' gold: super-rich Instagram decoded 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Now the millennials are able to revolt against their parents' sold-out materialism and vapid comfort by diving deeper into the dream of "dropping out" than their boomer parents had the courage to do. Millennials Answer the Call of Mexican Wine Country 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It seems like more than ever now that that materialism is there for us to combat that and all, but it has always been there. Wendell Pierce on bringing a Black Willy Loman to life, making "Death of a Salesman" relevant today 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Strachey saw Britain after the death of the prince consort as being stuck for 40 years in a routine of materialism at home and imperialism abroad. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z His contextualised critique extends to Marx's early attempts at communist ideology in The Paris Manuscripts, as well as the historical materialism of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. Karl Marx: a Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber – review 2013-06-26T07:00:04Z Throughout the 2000s, this enfant terrible epitomized the hedonism and materialism ushered in by the oil boom. Russian It Girl's path from parties to protests 2012-06-14T16:31:18Z If this theory of materialism turns out to be correct, then we will be well on our way to downloading our brains into computers, allowing us to live forever in The Matrix. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Being religious helps me counter greed and materialism and deal with disappointments in life as well as success. 2010-01-14T09:40:00Z Post Malone’s music is dead-eyed and ignorant, astonishingly dull in its materialism, an abandoned lot of creativity with absolutely no evidence of traffic in his cerebral cortex — and there’s also a negative side. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Though I didn’t really understand the details, I gathered from them that dieting was tied up with the other unpleasant parts of mainstream society: crass consumerism, soul-deadening materialism, the subjection of women. My lifelong diet 2012-08-02T23:40:00Z His disdain for modern architecture is of a piece with his dislikes for factory farming, atheism, materialism, industrialised medicine and technology in general. Prince Charles is not a dabbler – he's deeply committed. But he's naive 2013-05-02T14:30:02Z I think that this may be connected to the lesser emphasis on materialism that I saw there, and the greater focus on living and experiences. What a Trip: In Iceland, falling in love with the ponies, and the purity But “Sleep,” which unfolded on Friday and Saturday at Spring Studios in Manhattan after recently being released on streaming platforms for easy home consumption, was perhaps not the most robust protest against rampant materialism. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Those like Lionel Trilling, Susan Sontag and the older Saul Bellow recoiled in fastidious repugnance from its vulgar materialism and anti-intellectualism, turning back to Europe — or rather, upward, to European high culture — for refuge. A Polymath Author With More Ideas Than He Can Handle 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The government must "grasp the correct orientation for politics, values and behavior, and prevent the spread of base, depressing tendencies, materialism and the worship of money", Cai added. Many of China's TV shows, films are rubbish, minister says 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z And ultimately there are far more grievous offenders when it comes to rank materialism than Queen Bey. Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” read this 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “Caroline Bingley’s crass materialism is a perfect fit for a bank note — the ultimate symbol of crass materialism,” one wrote. ArtsBeat: Jane Austen Bank Note Earns Huzzahs and Nitpicking 2013-07-26T19:42:31Z This vulnerability is exacerbated in later life by high economic inequality, excessive materialism and excessive stress on individuality at the expense of collectivism. Should workplaces have on-site psychiatrists? 2013-02-16T17:59:01Z In the homily of the Mass, the pope urged listeners to "combat the allure of a materialism that stifles authentic spiritual and cultural values and the spirit of unbridled competition which generates selfishness and strife". Beware spiritual 'cancer' of affluence, Pope tells South Koreans 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Twenge is cautious: “The market stuff hasn’t been as closely examined. Certainly, individualism tends to be correlated with materialism, and so is narcissism. Economic prosperity does seem to be linked to individualism.” Me! Me! Me! Are we living through a narcissism epidemic? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z In those cities, the staging was a full one, by Robert Carsen, that turned the opera into a fashion-show spectacle of materialism and rejection. Giving a Semi-Hearty Cheer for Semi-Staged Opera 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z That Warhol’s celebration of our society’s leaden vulgarity and materialism seems worthy again and again of museological examination isn’t, however, the problem. ‘Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again’ Review: Pop Art’s Tragic Prince 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The aesthetic movement stood in stark and sometimes shocking contrast to the crass materialism of Britain in the 19th century. Aesthetic values 2011-03-26T00:05:03Z As she says, she's "strongly against misogynistic lyrics, homophobia, violence and materialism". Some Like It Hip Hop – review 2012-09-29T23:05:24Z Now he pursues a similar battle between mysticism and materialism in the specific setting of Yorkshire in the winter of 1937. Bracken Moor – review 2013-06-18T16:56:35Z At lunch, he proffered one theory—that his stories were an attempt to resist “the identification of materialism with nihilism.” Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Judging by YouTube comments, some view the tears as an indictment of children’s materialism at Christmas. Noticed: Kimmel Holiday Prank 2011-12-22T23:00:59Z At the heart of Mr. Trecartin’s elaborate worldview is an aspirational faith in the potential of uninhibited self-expression, both individual and collective, as an active agent against the mounting materialism of everyday life. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z Admirers hail his rejection of social conformity and materialism. What Disaster Films Miss About Death 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And the materialism - that overwhelming sense of what you look like being the most important thing, I think that would be really difficult to live with every day. A Minute With: "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer on "The Host" 2013-03-27T10:20:53Z Four years later, the 2007 study by the University of Illinois found a link in children between materialism and low self esteem. "Sesame Street": Brought to you by PNC Bank 2011-05-05T17:01:00Z We have bought into a new materialism even more demeaning and superficial than the old kind, whereby the good life meant ownership of a slick make of car. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z Compare that with the pointless materialism and Samantha-falls-off-a-camel laziness of this year's film, and the decline becomes clear for all to see. Wanted: whoever killed Sex and the City. So we can shake your hand 2010-09-28T10:39:00Z Later intellectuals “twisted earlier Slavophile ideas about Russia’s role as the protector of Christian principles against the materialism of the West to argue that the latter was an existential threat to it,” Figes writes. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s fun to take in the spectacle of Howard’s transformation into a ranting soothsayer, inveighing against materialism and corporate greed, amid the studio’s buzzing forest of technology. Review | Bryan Cranston is stellar in the stage version of ‘Network.’ The rest, not so much. 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z What are some of the ways you see this as an improvement over materialism? Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things 2014-03-08T21:00:00Z Vulnerable he may be, but when the series began, this delicate flower was encased within a pomaded veneer of self-obsession and materialism, a lack of social grace and a distinctly adolescent approach to women. New Girl: move over Jess, Schmidt is the real star 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z "The idea is that, after one film, you'll get up and move to the next 'classroom' – as if you'd just had double maths and now it's double historical materialism." Fastest! Tallest! Marxist! The visual art of Phil Collins 2011-02-06T22:29:00Z And he’s far from alone in criticizing Sex and the City’s characters against charges of materialism, selfishness and recklessness–accusations hurled by men and women alike. Chris Noth (Sort of Jokingly) Calls Carrie Bradshaw a Whore 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Rock music – unlike the folk and blues it came from – has always been aspirational and its rebel stance has often translated into materialism and narcissism. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z However, only when that materialism is taken away do they worry, in only the most superficial way, about sexual hypocrisy and women's oppression. "Sex and the City 2's" stunning Muslim clich?s 2010-05-26T18:45:00Z Here, however, is where Nafisi calls Americans — left and right — to account for abandoning a glorious cultural legacy to wallow in materialism, narcissism and groupthink. Why this Iranian-born writer fears for America’s soul 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Part of the appeal of anti-capitalism is the notion that "real happiness" exists beyond naked materialism in a utopia of authentic transactions and feelings. Pascal Bruckner: 'Happiness is a moment of grace' 2011-01-23T00:05:40Z Franz says she went into the study expecting to find "overwhelmingly consumer-driven messages" in all the books she looked at, but actually discovered that many titles simultaneously reinforced and deterred materialism. Are children's books too materialistic? 2013-04-22T13:01:10Z On the contrary, Dowling reminds us, O’Neill’s plays consistently voice his lifelong contempt for American materialism, imperialism, racism and puritanism. A new biography of Eugene O’Neill looks beyond the playwright’s demons Do you think these dark times have changed people’s relationship to superficiality — whether celebrity, fashion, trends, materialism? Mel Ottenberg Takes Over Interview Magazine as Top Editor 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “American Privilege” begins with him singing, “Oh, it doesn’t seem right/ that I was born white” and goes on to ponder materialism and all that he takes for granted. Review: Allen Stone Keeps His Distance From Modern Music in ‘Radius’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Off-air, it’s that very materialism that led to the incarceration of her husband. Why Teresa and Joe Giudice Ending Up in Prison Makes Perfect Sense 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z "In another 20 years, when they encounter problems spiritually, or when materialism cannot meet their needs, they might pick up one of my books." Can Xue: The Chinese author who could win the Nobel prize 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi in speeches has praised Marx’s theories of dialectical materialism — that all progress comes from struggle — and historical materialism — that world communism is history’s predetermined end. China purges based on Maoist-Stalinist ideology 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Rising materialism and individualism are defining characteristics of modern Western culture. More young people are struggling and there is no quick fix. Why being young is getting worse 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Xi countered in a speech published last month that the U.S. and its allies “cannot curb the greedy nature of capital and cannot solve chronic diseases such as materialism and spiritual poverty.” Biden aims to use G20 summit and Vietnam visit to highlight US as trustworthy alternative to China 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z “They cannot curb the greedy nature of capital and cannot solve chronic diseases such as materialism and spiritual poverty.” China’s Xi calls for patience as Communist Party tries to reverse economic slump 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z But there is some unease about the displays of materialism for the ultra-wealthy following serious civil unrest. Paris Fashion Week: Haute couture shows go ahead after riots 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The evangelist came to L.A. — with a 5,000-member choir — in hopes of reaching “thousands of misfits” he feared were “trying to escape from the responsibilities of life through alcohol, sex, amusements and materialism.” Coliseum turns 100: Timeless Los Angeles cultural centerpiece endures as an icon 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z China’s brand of communism is based on Marxist dialectical materialism that asserts all things exist as material, that matter is in constant change, and that it is interconnected and interdependent as societies develop. China, Russia stage ‘gray zone’ operations to expand influence in opposition to U.S. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z This “materialism” as it was called at the time was so close to outright atheism as to be almost indistinguishable. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “The materialism glorified in hip-hop music,” the wall label quotes Cook saying, “has become the American Dream for many.” Review | Has hip-hop changed art? This Baltimore show leaves no doubt. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Despite the North’s social progress in guaranteeing universal income, health care and child care, Lucca is unmoored by its intrinsic materialism and spiritual chaos. Review | ‘Biography of X’ is a brilliant novel that remixes art and history 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z All is made of atoms, a claim that leads to a brief overview of the history of materialism. Review | Explaining spiritual experiences through a scientific lens 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Historical materialism, another Chinese communist ideological concept, asserts history is moving through stages from capitalism to socialism and, eventually, to an ideal communist state. China, Russia stage ‘gray zone’ operations to expand influence in opposition to U.S. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Like his mentor, John Paul II, Pope Benedict believed there was a completely Christian alternative to the humanistic philosophies of the 20th Century: Marxism, materialism and liberalism. Benedict: The Pope who resigned from the papacy 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Ratzinger saw their disrespect and unruliness as part and parcel of a general societal descent into moral decay, materialism and atheism. Pope Benedict XVI, conservative pope was first in 600 years to resign, has died 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Yes, it’s odd to see a $100-million-plus extravaganza that mocks materialism and extols simplicity. How to watch your 25 favorite Christmas movies and TV specials this season 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The scientists the author cites in his mini-history of materialism were wedded to this basic theology: There is a mind behind the whole created order, and the task of scientists is to explore God’s creation. Review | Explaining spiritual experiences through a scientific lens 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z As he told the New York Times, "pundits sometimes project onto the public a crude materialism, where all people care about is pocketbook issues in the narrowest sense." After the midterms, Trump faces a possibly fatal setback for his 2024 coup plans 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “I think that pundits sometimes project onto the public a crude materialism, where all people care about is pocketbook issues in the narrowest sense,” Mr. Raskin said. Five Takeaways From a Red Wave That Didn’t Reach the Shore 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “I think that pundits sometimes project onto the public a crude materialism, where all people care about is pocketbook issues in the narrowest sense,” said Mr. Raskin. Five Takeaways From a Red Wave That Didn’t Reach the Shore 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The show is titled after a print of an imaginary currency, a commentary on art-world materialism, made in a limited edition in honor of the salon. Review | In the galleries: Exploring connections in the Black experience 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “We condemn the excessive materialism of the West. We deplore the loss of solidarity and brotherliness, the decay of morals and the daily violations of human dignity,” he replied. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, influential Islamic scholar, dies at 96 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z In speeches, he pushed his people to reject materialism and embrace Uruguay’s traditions of simplicity and humility. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Even in the academy, fellow polymaths were bedazzled by the breadth of his boundless ruminations into metaphysics, modal logic, recursion theory, identity materialism and the ontological nature of numbers. Saul Kripke, Philosopher Who Found Truths in Semantics, Dies at 81 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z He said that the two worlds shared a “vision of spirituality against materialism, a metaphysical vision of life against the forms of the modern world.” Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy’s Potential New Leader 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The new king has for decades sought to free himself from what he calls “Western materialism” by immersing himself in the world’s second-largest faith. Opinion | Why King Charles III will surprise us 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The apparent harm caused by materialism and individualism raises the question of why these qualities persist and even intensify, a point I discuss in my 2006 paper. Culture, progress and the future: Can the West survive its own myths? 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The pro golfers profiting from the current bonanza may not engender much sympathy, but the derision for their materialism should, at least, be put in context. Trump, golf and Saudi Arabia: A filthy cycle of "sportswashing" 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Dialectical materialism identities the contradictions within material, real-world phenomena as the driving force of change. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z LIV Golf is nothing more than a vanity project for Norman and his insatiable materialism — and an exhibition-money scam for early-retiree divas who are terrified of having to fly commercial again someday. Perspective | Golf at St. Andrews is real, which is why it has no room for Greg Norman 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Now, critics might question how much Charles, who has multiple palaces and a reputation for finicky indulgences, has really shed Western materialism. Opinion | Why King Charles III will surprise us 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Fans of Müller’s work — which criticized individualism, materialism and capitalism, as well as the Christian church — flocked to the castle, where they were immersed in dance and music. The wild history of the Bavarian castle hosting this week’s G-7 summit 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z You’re still paying the bills, while looking to uncover other areas where you’re loose with money, where you are caught up in materialism, or where you have unconsciously turned “wants” into “musts.” Facing today’s challenges, put yourself to these tests 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Dialectical materialism a revision of Hegel’s dialectic method proposed by Karl Marx, which identities the contradictions within material, real-world phenomena as the driving force of historical change. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Idealists renounced materialism and pledged to live together in loving communities, holding all goods in common. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z School administrators told them that the ban on hair extensions had been designed to “foster a culture that emphasizes education rather than style, fashion or materialism.” House passes bill to prohibit discrimination based on hair 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Throughout the Middle East, oil industry wealth fueled a growing clash between traditional Islamic values and modern Western materialism. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the idea that health and longevity are values superior to all others is crude biological materialism. Opinion | Witness how progressives in government forfeit the public’s trust 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The unfolding of actual events in a way contrary to Marx’s predictions led Marxists and others to doubt the reliability of Marx’s system of dialectical materialism. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Hollywood’s sins are manifold: It glamorizes violence, fetishizes youth, celebrates materialism and vulgar displays of raw power; it trivializes or ignores complexity, and appropriates cultural narratives shamelessly. Perspective | The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures struggles to keep its ego in check — like the ill-fated Newseum before it 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “When we all move forward to purify public life so that materialism doesn’t dominate, so ambition, ego and hate are set aside.” She told Mexico's president she feared for her life. Then she was killed 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z For example, people from many different cultures have adopted materialism, the Western mindset of placing a high value on acquiring material possessions. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond her discomfort with being called a saint, Ms. Day, who eschewed materialism, expressed concern about the use of church money for things like canonization, which requires years of painstaking work. Was Dorothy Day Too Left-Wing to Be a Catholic Saint? 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Marx proposed an alternative to the Hegelian dialectic, called dialectical materialism. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Take, as an example, materialism and individualism, two defining qualities of modern Western culture. America's deepest and most dangerous divide isn't between Democrats and Republicans 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z She added: “CRT is not the problem. Racism is the problem, poverty or extreme materialism is the problem and militarism, war is the problem.” King’s daughter slams ‘false narratives’ under race theory 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z She is dissatisfied with both strict materialism, which decrees that matter is fundamental, and idealism, which insists that mind precedes matter. Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z It becomes more and more difficult to speak on behalf of human beings who are violated by what my father called the “giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism.” Perspective | But we must speak: The calling of the Black church in this critical hour 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s not necessarily grounding your ideology in materialism, and instead, it’s just basically repeating talking points from the new intellectual daddy or father figure that you appreciate or enjoy. Hasan Piker on the problem with YouTube debate culture 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z "My headline is you can't fix internal issues with external things. You can't fix psychological issues, personal issues with fame or with success or with materialism or with external validation," Moby said. Moby discusses music, drink and missing mother's funeral in new film 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The film would win the Academy Award for Best Picture and the adoration of legions of fans while capturing the lonesome bravado and sordid materialism of America in its crass urban decline. Review | ‘Midnight Cowboy’ was a masterpiece made of desperation 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Part of me finds the relationship doctrine, and especially Gefter’s you-centered metaphysics, beautiful and consoling, a welcome alternative to mindless materialism. Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z No wonder, then, that some scientists and philosophers have challenged scientific realism and its corollary, materialism, which decrees that reality consists of matter. I'm Agonizing over My Naive Realism 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z To grasp the profound significance of the "the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism" to which he called his listeners' attention was beyond my intellectual capacity. Joe Biden echoes MLK's call to save America's soul. But is that even possible? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Dennett’s comment annoyed me at first; Life just gives him an excuse to reiterate his defense of hard-core materialism. Quantum Mechanics, Free Will and the Game of Life 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Sounds like someone took the lesson of overwhelming materialism from the Christmas special to heart. The holidays are saved! Charlie Brown specials will air on PBS after all 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z This view “is definitely not materialism,” Gefter says, “but it’s not idealism either.” Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z In seeming to lay direct blame on Jobs for promoting materialism and selfishness, Mr. Sacks created an uproar and was forced to clarify what he claimed was his intended meaning. Jonathan Sacks, influential chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, dies at 72 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z True, racism, extreme materialism, and militarism each deserve — and separately sometimes receive — condemnation. Joe Biden echoes MLK's call to save America's soul. But is that even possible? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z No wonder so many of us, even in this age of scientific materialism, still believe in God. Will the Universe Remember Us after We're Gone? 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z But I am happy not to be caught up in a cycle of materialism and constant buying. 'I still spend so much time on the kids - that needs to change' 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The young man was George Bernard Shaw, a staunch leftist who saw no conflict between the composer’s Romantic mythology and Marx’s historical materialism. Richard and the revolutionaries: why did leftwingers love Wagner? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z He tried to hold the entire British and Commonwealth Jewish community together on interpretation of Judaism and on wider social issues, such as the increasing materialism within society, something close to his heart. Jonathan Sacks, influential chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, dies at 72 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Well, yes, replied Dr. King in 1967, but racism, materialism and militarism have likewise woven themselves into the fabric of American life. Joe Biden echoes MLK's call to save America's soul. But is that even possible? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The article called the deaths of older adults a “shocking” reflection of the “savage reality of Western materialism.” Covid-19 pandemic is stoking extremist flames worldwide, analysts warn 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “I soon realized I was wasting my time studying the mandatory dialectical materialism and dogmatic historical narratives,” he said. From Mao’s China to Foggy Bottom: Miles Yu a key player in new approach to Beijing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z "We've got to get away from this consumerism, materialism that puts economic development ahead of environmental protection, which is damaging the future generations of humans and animals," Goodall added. Why Jane Goodall is hopeful for the future 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Generations later, the second-wave feminist Ellen Willis came at the argument from a new perspective, mounting a practical defense of female materialism. The Wing Is a Women’s Utopia. Unless You Work There. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Then there's King's third triplet, hidden in plain sight: the "extreme materialism" of a people intent on satisfying appetites that are quite literally limitless in a society that has become ever more economically unequal. Joe Biden echoes MLK's call to save America's soul. But is that even possible? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z They are Thatcher’s children: materialism was drilled into that generation; buying stuff empowers them. 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Father Livio Fanzaga, the director of the Catholic radio station Radio Maria, attributed the spread of the virus to Satan and called the epidemic “a warning from the heavens” against materialism. Fear of Coronavirus Leaves the Faithful Without Mass in Italy’s North 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z As with the hajj, those who undertake umrah try to shed the trappings of materialism and grow closer to God and their fellow Muslims. Q&A: Saudis halt Muslim pilgrimage over virus fears 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z "Sanders is a Marxist of the old school of dialectical materialism, from the land that time forgot," Frum wrote. The new rules of the game 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It promotes violence, decadence, depravity and the demeaning of dogs, not to mention racism, sexism, materialism and pathological sequel-ism. Op-Ed: Have you heard this one? Los Angeles can't take a joke 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Why, then, do we think that metaphysical materialism—the notion that our choices are determined by neurophysiological activity in our own brain—contradicts free will? Yes, Free Will Exists 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The organizers invited me because of my criticism of hard-core materialism and interest in mysticism, but in a recent column I pushed back against ideas advanced at the meeting. Mysticism and the Mind-Body Problem: Other Views 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z The suggestion neatly encapsulated what some viewers saw as the artificiality and materialism of older generations. Buck Henry, ‘Graduate’ screenwriter who co-created ‘Get Smart,’ dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z These perspectives diverge from conventional materialism, which insists that matter is primary. Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem? 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Tariffs, Labour argued, "foster a spirit of profiteering, materialism and selfishness" while also adding to the inequality in the "distribution of the world's wealth". What happened at the last December election? 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In Britain there is a long tradition of moralising about mindless materialism. Mass consumerism is decimating our planet. This Black Friday, let’s take a stand | Alan Bradshaw 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Hennessy spoke of Martin Luther King’s legacy and the “giant triplets of racism, excessive materialism, militarism.” The Pope and Catholic Radicals Come Together Against Nuclear Weapons 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t wealth for materialism or showing off — it was wealth for power and admiration. She loves the people loving her.” How dangerous can a president be? Lauren Greenfield's Imelda Marcos documentary 'The Kingmaker' has some answers 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z But materialism serves as a sensible default position, especially given the spottiness of the evidence for astral projection and ghosts. Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem? 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Regardless of your position on the tsunami of materialism that engulfs the world every year, holiday spending is a big deal, with important ramifications for your retirement fund and other investments. Newsletter: Retailers expect you to splurge a bit more this holiday season 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z One of the most successful and influential games ever made, The Sims is an outlet for megalomania, mad materialism or compassion – depending on the player. The 50 best video games of the 21st century 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Borges, that sly dog, notes that in Tlon the most fantastic system of all is “the doctrine of materialism,” which holds that matter has an objective existence apart from human perception of it. Pluralism: Beyond the One and Only Truth 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z That statement might have been the high water mark of scientism and its corollaries, materialism and reductionism. The Delusion of Scientific Omniscience 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “The hustle and con of Trump are the outgrowth of Reagan materialism gone amok,” says Johnson. All 77 counties voted for Trump. These musicians are fighting to turn Oklahoma blue 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But there is a stronger force at play here than just the Democrats’ political legacy focused on materialism and economic redistribution. Opinion | Morals and Values in the 2020 Election 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The hajj in Islam is meant to unify Muslims, with pilgrims shedding displays of wealth and materialism. Over 2 million Muslims in Mecca for start of hajj pilgrimage 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z I suspect our debates over materialism, the mind-body problem and the meaning of quantum mechanics will never be resolved. Pluralism: Beyond the One and Only Truth 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z In Western countries, consumerism and materialism are high, and people tend to buy a lot of goods even when they do not need them. Does Technology Spell Doom for Close Relationships? 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z But although materialism can be demoralizing and dispiriting, it is so probably only for a small minority of people. Consumerism isn't a sellout - if capitalism works for all 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z When the ragged, often graphically yucky apocalypse reaches its most fervid expression, Jarmusch sets his sights on the myriad ways we distract and self-medicate in a culture that’s become addicted to materialism and convenience. Review | ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ delivers delicious deadpan, but this dreadful dud is DOA 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They spoke to 1960s sexual freedoms and 1980s materialism, and offer a hand to our own age of uncertainty. Sex, money and idiots in power: Restoration comedy's endless appeal 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z In the years that followed, the back-to-the-land movement, which began as a protest of American materialism, was increasingly subsidized, in Humboldt, by profits from cannabis. How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Weed 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “The Dead Don’t Die” is aimed squarely at satirizing crass materialism along with inaction and disinformation in the face of climate change. Jarmusch, Gomez, Murray talk modern horrors at Cannes 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The phrase has become a meme, a tongue-in-cheek defense of modern materialism. Consumerism isn't a sellout - if capitalism works for all 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Another favourite theme of his is a call to shun materialism, saying it only brings greed. The 100-year-old imam who went to church 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z He saw decline in the worship of technological progress, the elevation of science to religion and the rise of materialism. John Lukacs, iconoclastic scholar of history, dies at 95 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z He saw decline in the worship of technological progress, the elevation of science to religion, and the rise of materialism. John Lukacs, iconoclastic historian, dead at 95 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Prominent theorists are even challenging materialism, the assumption that matter is the foundation of reality. In Defense of Disbelief: An Anti-Creed 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z He was also inspired by what he sees as a loss of balance in our relationship to materialism. David LaChapelle’s Paradise 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The masses, the inquisitor says, have plunged away from meaning toward materialism, and they need an authoritarian church to keep them in line more than they need a refresher on Christian morality. Review | A conservative prescription for modern social ills 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The debate pokes at what has long been a tender subject: the money flowing through churches and the way that it’s spent, as well as the encroachment of materialism. Let He Who Is Without Yeezys Cast the First Stone 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z But their protagonists’ materialism, misogyny, and amorality, along with Ellis’s early Brat Pack persona, have persistently raised questions regarding the depth of his social critique. Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You’re Overreacting to Donald Trump 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In the interview, he urged Europe to avoid embracing materialism and forgetting its Christian heritage, warning that it could lead to the extinction of Europe itself. Catholic cardinal calls mass migration ‘a new form of slavery,’ says Bible shouldn’t be used to promote it 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “The problem is when we put all of that into materialism itself and leave room for nothing beyond that. You find a certain sadness sets in. It lacks an uplifting quality after a while.” David LaChapelle’s Paradise 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z They also used arson to protest against materialism, which is arguably the most succinct protest of all. Activism laid bare: a quick history of naked protests 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Peele still wants to work out serious ideas in this movie — about inequality, materialism, envy and disenfranchisement — but they’re far more bluntly expressed. Review | Jordan Peele’s follow-up to ‘Get Out’ will give you nightmares. But in ‘Us,’ it’s the performances that you’ll remember. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It was less good at providing people with meaning to their lives, beyond hedonism and materialism. Opinion | The Official British Policy? Mayhem 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z His materialism touches the edge of pathos in its unflinching acceptance of transience. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Sir Richard Layard, “happiness tsar” under New Labour, diagnosed us, as a nation, as suffering from lack of trust and excessive concern with status, materialism, envy and winning the rat race. So you’re happier at 16 and 70? I’ve been both … and it just gets better 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z She told her Bangladeshi interviewer that it was during her time at university she began to question Christianity and western materialism, and became active in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. Monica Witt: from US intelligence officer to alleged Iranian spy 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Bargains celebrates style and explores the materialism in young working-class London. In pictures: What is your London? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z I had a hard time reconciling materialism and religion. Sally Rooney Gets in Your Head 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Heroic materialism may be the hope of our existence; but comic material is the salve of our lives. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In 1973, Perkins was one of the first signatories to the Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Concern, a commitment to reject the growing influence of racism, militarism, gender roles, and economic materialism in Christian communities. Evangelicals of Color Fight Back Against the Religious Right 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z In his Christmas Eve Mass yesterday, Francis advised Christians to forgo greed, gluttony and materialism on Christmas and focus instead on the holiday's message of simplicity, charity and love. Pope Francis, in Christmas Mass, urges world to set aside 'partisan interests' 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Pope Francis is urging Christians to forgo the greed, hoarding and materialism of Christmas and to focus instead on its message of simplicity, charity and love. The Latest: Pope: Choose simplicity over Christmas greed 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Business reporter Darren Rovell brought attention to the post and lyrics, which brings up an old stereotype surrounding Jewish people and materialism. LeBron James says 'Jewish money' Instagram post meant as a compliment 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Diderot exists in memory to show that materialism can be miserable or it can be magical. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In 2008 he founded Early Rain, and his sermons were often extremely topical, touching on what he saw as rampant materialism in Chinese society and the political compromises made by the government-run church. Pastor Charged With ‘Inciting Subversion’ as China Cracks Down on Churches 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z These things are not threatened by war alone but by that new religion, of which Fascism is but one expression and materialism another, which denies their value. Christmas editorial, 1944: 'we need a new Europe, democratic, prosperous, progressive' 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z A third category of atheism makes a religion out of science through a variety of intellectual fashions such as evolutionary humanism, mesmerism, dialectical materialism and transhumanism. Review | How different really are atheists and believers? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Services on Sunday never directly addressed Wuerl’s resignation, with homilies focusing on the dangers of materialism and the legacy of Romero. At Sunday Mass, scarce mention of Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z “The effect is almost always there and significant and basically always negative,” he says, noting that materialism is associated with less life satisfaction and happiness and more anxiety and depression. Net worth v self worth: do we all need inequality therapy? 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Tom Clark knocks me for not giving more credit to straight-forward materialism, or naturalism, as he prefers to call it. Why the Mind–Body Problem Can't Have a Single, Objective Solution 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z But social media breeds narcissism, materialism and a true lack of humanity. Mariners mailbag: Searching for positives in 2018, and why you won’t be seeing any top prospects soon 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z But much of the rest of the “comedy” in “Cynthia” is awfully bland, riffing on the shallow materialism of the upper-middle-class. Review: Monster-baby horror-comedy ‘Cynthia’ has few worthwhile moments 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Their shameless boorishness, materialism, and sexism are popular, and the blame for that lies more with us, the audience, than with them. The Logan Paul vs. KSI fight exposed an ugliness that’s older than YouTube 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In the decades that followed, Britishness, materialism and sex with employees have all lapsed in and out of fashion. Finally, an enemy James Bond can’t escape – the 21st century | Martha Gill 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Karl is perhaps the most seductive musical theater leading man working today, so it’s not impossible to overlook the character’s sins of narcissism, materialism and chauvinism. Review: 'Pretty Woman' and 'Head Over Heels' try oh-so-hard to revive beauty and the beat for Broadway 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Pilgrims enter into a state of spiritual purity known as "ihram" that is aimed at shedding symbols of materialism, giving up worldly pleasures and focusing on the inner self over outward appearance. The hajj pilgrimage and its significance in Islam 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The world of materialism, obscene wealth, status and expectation that Rachel encounters there is totally over the top: Money is literally thrown in the air. What to watch with your kids: ‘Alpha,’ ‘Pandas,’ ‘The Little Mermaid’ and more 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z In Maryland, surprise guests Good Charlotte led a workmanlike singalong to Girls and Boys, their arguably sexist 2002 single about teenage materialism. Punk's not dead? How Vans Warped tour jumped the shark 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z He identifies many flaws in America — greed, excessive materialism, too much competition — but one of the young nation’s great virtues was the willingness of its people to collaborate on community projects. Our loneliness epidemic is a political problem, too 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z And yet her fascination with materialism has often placed her ahead of the cultural curve. Follow the Money (Then Take a Picture) 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Fanciful nostalgia, as well as crass materialism, drives the slaughter. Yan Lianke’s dark satire of modern China 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Pope Francis made an emotional plea in Aparecida, Brazil, for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff. Today in History 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Sociologists speculated that there was something unique about the empty materialism and stifling conformity of Japanese society that drove youngsters to look for an alternative. On the hanging of Shoko Asahara, Japan’s nerve-gas guru 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Today, its examination is equally important, given that we live in a culture where success and materialism are inherently connected. As social media culture becomes normalized, setting goals becomes psychologically distressing 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z That ignited her obsession with “materialism and class,” she said, “because my parents had rejected it so much.” Follow the Money (Then Take a Picture) 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Were they actually feminists or problematic women hung up on materialism and men? 'Sex and the City': One male fan's perspective 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Meritocracy, materialism and smartphones would still induce mental breakdowns among bright young climbers. Opinion | Free Speech Will Not Save Us 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Scientists and philosophers have proposed lots of other hypotheses that challenge strict materialism. A Super-Simple, Non-Quantum Theory of Eternal Consciousness 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z But before I could wrestle with the design question, I had to find philosophical peace: Doesn’t research suggest that materialism makes people unhappy? Minimalism is Overrated: How I Learned to Love a Little Clutter 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The second is a moral critique of capitalism based on the assumption that Christianity is incompatible with materialism and commands a duty of charity towards the poor and needy. Can Christian democracy save America from Trump? | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z His grand fight against poverty, militarism, materialism and racism undercuts the superficial lip service and pretentious posturing of so-called progressives as well as the candid contempt and proud prejudices of genuine reactionaries. Martin Luther King Jr was a radical. We must not sterilize his legacy | Cornel West 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z In the 21st century, the US remains racked by the triplets of racism, militarism, and materialism. The panel: what would Martin Luther King's dream be in 2018? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z But I have thought of a way in which consciousness might be eternal, sort of, even if materialism is true. A Super-Simple, Non-Quantum Theory of Eternal Consciousness 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Americans and most other western cultures may be at fault for rampant and frivolous consumerism and materialism, but now the Chinese are also contributing to this modern calamity of excess. Why China’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs Is So Muted 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Not for Putin the scientific philosophy of dialectical materialism that helped to drive research in the former Soviet Union and that remains influential among many of his contemporaries. How Putin can restore Russian research 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “You know women and their cellphones,” a pastor joked during a sermon, knowing that any reference to women’s materialism, shallowness or shopping habits from the pulpit would always get a gentle chuckle from the congregation. Review | Women’s friendships aren’t dysfunctional — they’re essential 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z I lived under socialism, and I've studied dialectics and marxist materialism in Europe and in the US, at the undergraduate and graduate level. Can Venezuela Be Saved? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s the overt materialism that “just doesn’t align with Jewish values.” Modesty on Instagram Is a Tough Balance 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Graham respected the sharp protests against materialism in the 1960s and student cynicism about the political process, especially during the Vietnam war. Billy Graham obituary 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Movie review: The follow-the-money thriller is presented as a Darwinian commentary on ruthlessly modern materialism. ‘Have a Nice Day’: a wittily animated gangster tale in China 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z While some promote mysticism as a reaction against materialism, and for others it offers comfort in our technical age, the renewed appetite for the mystical is clearly inspiring an entrepreneurial mindset. Crystals, potions and tarot cards: the mystical rise of new age businesses 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s the most spendthrift time of the year — a period when materialism is integral to tradition. How the mall, once a pop-culture touchstone, fell out of fashion 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z For parents across the nation, Christmastime raises questions of how to balance religious inspiration with materialism — and how to find the deeper spiritual meaning in the practice of gift-giving itself. A parenting dilemma: Finding the religious meaning of Christmas gifts 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z This was the real lesson taught by the historic Jesus that unfortunately over centuries have devolved into our current obsession with meaningless materialism. Opinion | Gift-Giving Tips From Scientists 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z On the stage was Dennett, who for decades has argued that conventional materialism can account for consciousness. Jellyfish, Sexbots and the Solipsism Problem 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z A tall order but Martin Luther King in his 1967 Riverside Church speech identified the triplets of "racism, militarism and extreme materialism" that plagued America. Opinion | Trump Is Cracking Up 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Sufism is a mystical form of Islam, a school of practice that emphasizes the inward search for God and shuns materialism. To the world, Sufis are Muslims; to ISIS, they’re heretics 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z While consumerism and materialism are often used interchangeably, taken literally they are polar opposites. To cure affluenza, we have to be satisfied with the stuff we already own 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Spengler belonged to a loosely defined group of German thinkers called the Conservative Revolutionaries, who argued that Western decline was the inevitable result of materialism and soulless democracy. The Prophet of Germany’s New Right 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z For many of today’s rich, overt materialism is eschewed for artisanal, and luxury goods are subtle — Volvo SUVs, organic cotton and made in Brooklyn chocolate. Apple's New $1,000 iPhone X Is Luxuriously Out of Touch 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z He is quick-witted but crass, his lavish spending habits recalling for some the gross materialism that defined the rise and collapse of last decade’s Celtic Tiger economy. Fleece of the Century 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The Kardashians and Jenners are at or near the top of this food chain, but there’s no shortage of others who have made materialism both a lifestyle and a livelihood. Mnuchin's wife may be tone deaf, but she's no different from many consumers 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The narrator berates theories of utopian materialism that reduce the universe to an elaborate operation of cogs moving in obedience to verifiable physical laws. Algorithms outdo us. But we still prefer human fallibility | Rafael Behr 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan centers on materialism and greed. Achieving greatness: Goodwill, collaboration 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z But he reserved his most splenetic rants for the political shenanigans and growing materialism he found at home. Eduardo del Río, Political Cartoonist Known as Rius, Dies at 83 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z I’m now completely over that materialism and, in many ways, I dislike it. Lyft’s John Zimmer on Empowering Others to Help Them Grow 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z It denounces both dogmatic Marxism and consumerist materialism as mindsets empty of spiritual content. A papal confidante triggers a furore among American Catholics 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Of course, Thoreau wanted Walden to be a financial success, which sits oddly against the book’s line on living free of materialism and competition. In Thoreau's footsteps: my journey to Walden for the bicentennial of the original de-clutterer 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z He did this by locating mystery and wonder within materialism. Natural history: Thoreau's debt to Darwin : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Tellingly, Zvyagintsev last took on government corruption with his Cannes hit "Leviathan," here's it's the delusions brought on by materialism that are on his mind. Cannes 2017: A festival grapples with class, but not all movies are created equal 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z You end up contending with the kinds of things the west dealt with more than a hundred years ago: materialism, the end of history, the death of the soul. God in the machine: my strange journey into transhumanism 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z At its worst, the movie is a blunt critique of materialism, but there are some smart moments along the way in this methodically paced drama, which puts more emphasis on atmospherics than storytelling. Review | ‘The Ticket’ is a cliched parable about a blind man who regains his sight 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But it rapidly devolves into a standard, and increasingly unfocused, story of materialism and greed. Cautionary fable ‘The Ticket’ ultimately loses its focus 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He was in his element: he loves parties, materialism, and the sea. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The cutting of programs that promote and advance civilization is the triumph of our obscene national materialism over truth, justice and compassion. Opinion | What Trump’s budget says about our national spending priorities 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The original was a truly dreadful example of reductive materialism. What a Sensory Isolation Tank Taught Me About My Brain 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z This pervasive materialism, he thought, was a way of thinking that was “inevitably doomed”. The ayahuasca king: the man who gives jungle 'medicine' to lost souls 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Bowing before neo-liberal economics, they chose materialism and consumerism over the preservation of life on Earth. Trump and climate chaos: a letter to my daughter 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The Swedish creator insists that his content was meant to highlight a kind of materialism that prompts individuals to do anything for a quick buck. PewDiePie, YouTube star, dropped by Disney’s Maker Studios after ‘death to all Jews’ joke 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered,” King said. 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. turned his activism against the Vietnam War, and lost allies as a result 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Earlier, in his Christmas Eve homily, Francis said that Christmas has been “taken hostage” by a dazzling materialism that blinded many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war-weary. Pope calls for peace in world's conflict areas in Christmas Day message 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z At his Christmas eve Mass on Saturday, Francis said the feast had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows. Pope's Christmas message offers hope in world hit by terrorism, war 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Pope Francis said Christmas has been “taken hostage” by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war-weary. Pope Francis: Christmas has been ‘taken hostage’ by materialism 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war weary. Pope says Christmas 'hostage' to materialism, God in shadows 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z During the service, he said Christmas had been "taken hostage" by materialism, and that the season needed more humility. Pope Francis marks Christmas Mass at Vatican - BBC News 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z I despise the charmless Amazon wish list, it’s true, but my reluctance to create — on command — a catalog of child-appropriate gifts is more than just resistance to materialism. Wishing Away the Wish List 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Even before the political ascendancy of Donald J. Trump, who, among other distinctions remains an avatar of 1980s materialism, the ’80s, it seemed, were under review. Lessons on Rebelling, From the 1980s 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “This is the want, buy, get generation,” he says; sex is a part of China’s new materialism. Divorce is on the rise in China 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z I don’t think you would realize from looking at my ads as Tom Ford that I struggle with materialism and spirituality or sorrow or depression or, in the case of George’s character, suicide. Tom Ford crafts a layered thriller-within-a-thriller with 'Nocturnal Animals' 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z That just wracked Tolstoy,” the author of “War and Peace” who lived an extravagantly wealthy life in czarist Russia while wrestling with such questions of faith versus materialism. Christian Thanksgiving film ‘Winter Thaw’ brings Tolstoy’s message says star John Rhys-Davies 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He told the show's host that he found materialism "quite tricky" with "people living with an enormous amount of stuff that they don't necessarily need". Prince William wants George and Charlotte to have 'simple aspirations' - BBC News 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Singles Day poses something of a quandary for China’s government, which welcomes the shot in the arm to the economy but looks askance at rampant materialism. Swinging Singles’ Day: Alibaba Holiday Drives Shoppers in China 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “She did not want the materialism of Yale to make my religion seem unimportant,” he wrote in a 2010 memoir, “Searching Through My Prayer List.” Richard Cooley Overcame Loss of Arm to Excel in Business and Sports 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z You can rail against the empty and environmentally unsustainable materialism of that, or accept it as the price of economic growth, as you see fit. As the iPhone 7 shows, technology has become part of the fashion industry | Gaby Hinsliff 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z In a sign of humility and equality before God, the pilgrims shed symbols of materialism, entering a state of "ihram." Muslim pilgrims begin hajj, but this year without Iranians 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Pilgrims enter into a state of spiritual purity known as “ihram” that is aimed at shedding symbols of materialism, giving up worldly pleasures and focusing on the inner self over outward appearance. Q&A: The hajj pilgrimage and its significance in Islam 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In the noirish film, with its flashes of droll humor, Ford explores guilt and revenge, the emptiness of materialism and what it means to doubt one’s creative impulses. The potent Hollywood glamour of Tom Ford: It takes a woman, not a girl, to tame these clothes 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Many of them are searching for deeper meaning in a society rife with materialism. China’s Tech-Savvy, Burned-Out and Spiritually Adrift, Turn to Buddhism 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z You have to read it a few times to figure out that he’s lamenting man’s alienation from Nature and our spirit selves as we pursue materialism. The age of stream of consciousness — and insanity 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Regardless of the participants' financial literacy, a focus on the future was associated with less spending and more saving, while impulsiveness and materialism were linked with more spending and less saving, the study found. Focusing on Future Helps People Save 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Pope Francis urged the crowd to ignore the distractions of materialism. Pope Francis Urges Poles to Embrace Migrants on Final Day of Visit 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z She read philosophy blogs about materialism and the accumulation of objects. Marie Kondo and the Ruthless War on Stuff 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z "Sure, materialism is out among the students. But what do they need, anyway?" From the Archives: End of the 'Youth Revolt'? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Did the materialism of the yuppie ’80s prompt Americans to view their partners as just another consumer choice? Let’s talk about dating — seriously. 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z We talk a bit about money and he says he thinks materialism doesn’t work, meaning it doesn’t actually make anyone properly happy. Moby: ‘There were bags of drugs, I was having sex with a stranger’ 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z But yet we still restate our fridge-magnet mantra about the irrelevance of money to happiness over and over again, a cosy boast of our lack of materialism. Money can't buy happiness? That's just wishful thinking | Ruth Whippman 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The materialism, fashion obsession and man-craziness of Brown fused with feminism’s demand for women to be treated as equals in the workplace. The woman who encouraged women to be girly on the path to equality 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In the end, what the counterculture became was a dramatization of today's social strains caused by self-indulgence, materialism and alienation from the past. From the Archives: End of the 'Youth Revolt'? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z That thankfully changed in the 1990s, probably because of the impact of aggressively political rap, which had become hugely popular among white male teenagers trapped in the blandness and materialism of suburban shopping-mall culture. Camille Paglia’s history of music: The politics and poetry of Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye and hip-hop 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Despite the deaths of two brothers and his best friend, Amer said he felt content and liberated to have left behind the materialism and soullessness of a secular society. From Brighton to the battlefield: how four young Britons were drawn to jihad | Mark Townsend 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “On one level this is an existential satire about materialism and on another it’s sort of a horror-comedy,” he says. Rupert Goold: American Psycho 'is absolutely as pertinent now' 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Humans are unique in the animal kingdom in their capacity for materialism. Make recycled goods covetable 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z They turned their backs on the past, they denounced adult "materialism," ridiculed the traditional primacy of reason and order, and developed almost-anarchic theories of freedom stressing universal love, peace and "self-realization." From the Archives: End of the 'Youth Revolt'? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z We must adapt or die, replacing old idioms and practices, rooted in the materialism of paper and ink, with the more abstract language of the virtual domain. What is the point of critics? 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Harnoncourt believed art was the foil to modern society’s materialism, which he saw as a threat to Europe’s cultural values. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor of international renown, dies at 86 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “Everywhere we look,” she writes, “children are under assault: from violence and neglect, from the breakup of families, from the temptations of alcohol, tobacco, sex, and drug abuse, from greed, materialism, and spiritual emptiness.” This is the closest thing we’ve ever had to a Hillary Clinton political manifesto 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There’s probably an ironic point here about materialism and capital for capital’s sake. The Latest Games Craze Will Devour Your Mind 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In 1997, the condition was the subject of a PBS documentary on the effects of materialism on the US culture. 'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch's day in adult court: is this the end to his excuse? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The autobiography has little to say about dialectical materialism, social fascism, or the Popular Front. Why Leftists Go Right 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z We refuse to be driven by America’s rampant materialism and capitalistic values at a time of communal grief and rage.” #NotOneDime: African Americans aim to show their power with shopping boycott 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The key to liberal, and radical, Catholicism was the faith not that modernity was wrong but that materialism was never enough. The Pope and the Labels of Liberalism 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Francis also spoke of the spirit of gratitude, generosity and warned of the dangers of materialism and “worldly comforts.” Pope Francis comes to New York City 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Having called out the world’s superpower more than once for the sins of hubris and materialism, Francis presented himself as pastor more than righteous prophet. Pope Francis Meets America 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z To shed symbols of materialism, male pilgrims wear white garments meant to symbolize humility and equality, while women forgo makeup and perfume and wear loose-fitting clothing. Muslim pilgrims gather in valley for day of prayer, the pinnacle of hajj in Saudi Arabia 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He was angry about its excesses and inequities, disdainful of materialism, and contemptuous of insatiable consumer appetites. How the Pope Flies: Across Four Continents with John Paul II 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The materialism of the market is as anathema to him as the materialism of the flesh. The Pope and the Labels of Liberalism 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z At his other U.S. stops, Washington and New York, he'll carry a message of warning, Vatican watchers say: of the threats posed by climate change, of the evils of unfettered capitalism and materialism. Pope Francis, whose vision has captivated the world, brings it to North America 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, he suggested that global warming, driven by overconsumption, materialism and greed, threatened to turn the Earth into “an immense pile of filth.” In Pope Francis’s visit, White House sees a chance to transcend politics 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Mukerjea’s rags-to-riches-to-remand story is being seen as a moral fable, underlining deep concerns about materialism, the media and motherhood in the emerging economic power. Case of female TV mogul accused of daughter's murder grips India 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z To his growing legion of critics, the scandal has heightened public cynicism about a society in which greed and crass materialism often seem to trump morality, especially among those in positions of power. Money, Lust and Kung Fu: Shaolin’s ‘C.E.O. Monk’ Is Under Fire 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z In remarks he made during his stay in Bolivia, the Pope inveighed against unbridled free-market capitalism as a “new colonialism” that encouraged materialism, despoiled the environment, and created inequality. The Pope of Latin America 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Others find confirmation of their materialism and atheism. Meta-Meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The fact that his critique of materialism has, since then, itself become a valuable commodity either proves the artist’s point or entirely demolishes the work’s symbolic integrity. Jeff Koons: ‘People respond to banal things – they don’t accept their own history’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Local media has portrayed her as “a ruthless social climber”, recounting unconfirmed anecdotes of pushy materialism. Case of female TV mogul accused of daughter's murder grips India 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In a lecture in 2011 Ali al-Halabi, a prominent Jordanian cleric, said the protests were “far from the law of God” and motivated by materialism. Politics and the puritanical 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But rather than bemoan the materialism, the magazine used it as a window into the state of fatherhood in the United States. Martini Stones, a Time-Locked Cigarette Case and Other Vintage Father's Day Gift Ideas 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z There is an “enemy from within,” he said, referring to “powerful forces steadily binding us all around,” including ignorance, apathy, materialism, greed, immorality and godlessness. Pat Boone, civil rights musician, seeks conservative revolution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The commission said the officials allowed greed and materialism to cloud their judgment when they helped themselves to huge quantities of defaced naira notes. Nigerian central bank officials arrested in alleged $40-million scam 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Jaskolka said the sculpture, named for the Zoroastrian spirit of destruction, was a personification of the negative forces of materialism in 21st-century society. Leadership on View in ‘Art Walk’ Near West Point 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” Why we're marching on McDonald's 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z What will be the new symbol of social control and shallow materialism? SyFy, please give us the insane Brave New World series the world desperately needs 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z I was interested in how kids in Los Angeles seem to grow up quickly under the influence of Hollywood, and how they are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of image. Discover the Photo That Launched Lauren Greenfield's Career 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z That helped give a spiritual cast to his writings and his life’s preservation work, a mission that one biographer called “saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism.” Latest News: Genetic Testing, Google Search, John Muir Day 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z By the time he left power, a 20th-century country of tradition and history had become a 21st-century nation of populism and materialism. Inside the Mind of Tony Blair: The Newsweek Interview 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z This of course appeals to a certain political type, those who wish to complain about crass materialism and all that. The EU's List Of Happy And Sad States; Perhaps We Can Solve The Easterlin Paradox 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z He wanted to warn them against the temptations of capitalism, individualism and materialism. Facing new test, Cuba’s revolution circles back 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z “Cynicism, detachment, materialism, it really changed the Chinese compact and the way people see themselves.” Secret historians preserve past in China amid state amnesia 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Baidu’s communications officer, Kaiser Kuo, said by email that the design “was by no means intended to objectify women or to encourage materialism or consumerism.” Baidu Users Object to Women's Day Logo 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In the case of the Florentine Renaissance, that spirit was assumed to be one of humanist materialism trumping medieval symbolism. The World’s Weirdest Library 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z He lamented the encroachment of technology in modern life: an expression, he said, of the kind of materialism that infected both Communism and the Jewish spirit, the twin enemies of German greatness. How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A week earlier, Mr. Xi, who is also the Communist Party leader, set an example by leading a Politburo study session on applying Marxist-Leninist dialectical materialism to policy. China Warns Against 'Western Values' in Imported Textbooks 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Being surrounded by a culture that emphasizes materialism also exacerbates the situation, Shulman adds. Tips for Ending Your Shopping Addiction 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In her book “The Price of Privilege,” therapist Madeline Levine describes how affluent parents, however well-meaning, push their children toward materialism, perfectionism and competition while being disconnected with them in a personal way. Gilded youth and their pain 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z A new idea of the Renaissance began to emerge in his mind: not a burst of materialism and humanism against cramped learning but an eruption of certain recurring ancient ideas and images—icons. The World’s Weirdest Library 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z At its best, the movie suggests some obvious questions about money, materialism and social class. From the New ‘Annie’ Movie, Lessons on Money and Inequality 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z German tradition was authoritarian, conservative, and “nonpolitical”—closer to the Russian spirit than to the shallow materialism of democratic Europe. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z French materialism, German humanism and English utilitarianism were melded together into a peculiarly Russian combination that came to be called "nihilism". The writer who foresaw the rise of the totalitarian state 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z The team found an even stronger link between materialism and engagement in risky behaviors that undermine physical health such as smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs. The Health Benefits of Simple Living 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z As he grew older, Mr. Mayes abandoned his Christian faith and promoted a philosophy that he said was rooted in “scientific materialism.” Bernard Mayes, 85, Dies; Started First U.S. Suicide Hotline 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Takahata takes this narrative and runs with it, exploring the transient nature of life, the shallowness of wealth and materialism, and the absurdity of societal roles along the way. 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya' is the most gorgeous film you'll see all year 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Stanley Rosen, a professor of political science at USC who specializes in China, believes there's a major disconnect between martial standards and the materialism of today's students. Forced military training for Chinese students encounters resistance 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Sell diva how-to – Some critics believe Kim’s popularity arises from the psychological qualities she shares with her fans, such as narcissism and materialism. What Kim Kardashian's Next Brand Extension Could Teach Marketers 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z In terms of the personal lives of American Catholics, this approach challenges our materialism and consumerism. The New Archbishop of Chicago Is a Radical—And That’s a Good Thing 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z He pined for an England peopled by sheep, aristocracy and peasants, and unspoilt by psychology, materialism or the weakening of the class system. Cameron’s remark about ‘effing Tories’ hints at what he really thinks 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z All those years working commercially, he had wanted to capture America’s obsessions – celebrity worship, materialism and the things that it was thinking about collectively as a nation – and chronicle the people who defined an era. David LaChapelle: From Fashion Photography To Fine Art 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z This is "spiritual materialism" at its absurd worst. Archbishop Sheen’s Corpse Is Subject of Long-Running Dispute 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Rampant U.S. materialism “is dangerous to the planet.” Man eats from trash bins to dramatize food waste 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z It was a stark and honest series surrounded by prime-time dramas filled with wealthy families and their over-the-top materialism and sitcoms featuring well-off families who rarely fought. Joss and Roseanne: The Early Career of Joss Whedon In his address, the pope warned Catholics of a "cancer" of despair in materially-obsessed societies, saying that materialism was spreading like a spiritual desert across the affluent world. Pope to beatify South Korea martyrs 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z “People are fed up with corruption and materialism and looking for something more.” Pope's Korea visit highlights Catholics' growth in Asia 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Logic and data that disprove these initial judgments will likely do no good – morality always beats perceived materialism. What The Right Could Learn From The Left About Making Emotional Connections 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Four related experiments investigated how changes in materialism affect well-being. How to Let Go of Materialism 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z One of the spiritual and ethical challenges of living in the age of capitalism is avoiding a lifestyle of complete consumerism and materialism. Ramadan, Day 26: The Simple Lifestyle 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z He also blames contemporary materialism: “People are now defined by their appearance and the concept that ‘naked we are all equal’ is hardly winning,” he told Salon. Nudity Losing Its Appeal In Germany? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The best-known example is the Beatles' Taxman, wherein George Harrison gracelessly complained about the Wilson government's fiscal policy at the same time that he was consorting with Hindu gurus and urging his followers abandon materialism. Arctic Monkeys: from men of the people to tax-dodgers 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Without the vibrant faith, there is no spiritual counterweight to rampant materialism. The spiritual recession 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z In a protestant, social-democratic country where egalitarianism trumps materialism, Roekke made waves with his glamorous girlfriends, private jet and flashy homes. Kjell Inge Roekke, Norway's gigantomaniac tycoon 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z The problem, though, is that too often the “balance” tilts more toward materialism than simplicity. Ramadan, Day 26: The Simple Lifestyle 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z |
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