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what hinders us & rethinking our institutions
Retreat Inward (2022), Miles Johnston Being agentic is trendy these days. But what if one is agentic about an agenda that is not truly theirs? Naturally, being authentic could be a more desirable aim. Authenticity as a central telos emerged alongside the breakdown of traditional social hierarchies and religious orders in the post Enlightenment era. The loss of a unifying ethic meant each individual was free to create their own constellation of meaning, as well as pursue projects as extensions of “who they are”. Life thus unraveled as a sweeping epic of “personal projects” born from the…
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