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My Tribe
My Tribe Let me be clear, I don’t come from a tribal society. We know that being tribal is bad and being multicultural is good, don’t we? Yet when I write that, I am not so sure. I guess I’d like to say I don’t have a tribal heritage, but, on the other hand, it Continue reading
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A Peace Manifesto
When we walk, we walk. When we chat, we chat. When we listen to birds, we listen. When we eat good food, we eat. There is no purpose in these activities besides the activities themselves. Continue reading
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Becoming Unbusy
Unravel and let go of this advertised version of luxury. When we begin to see our own role in our busyness and become intentional, then life slows down… Continue reading
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Alberta Election 2023: the Elephants in the Room
The UCP will keep ignoring the elephants in the room. The smoke is out of sight because it rained, but we better understand that it is going to come back worse. Continue reading
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The Friendship Recession: Part 3 – Resilient Practice
You’re also not a friend if you refuse to let people come and say, “I just think you’re absolutely wrong.” You have to listen. You have to share decisions. Continue reading
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Technocratic Rationality, Value, and How Accounting Undercuts HR
“Instead of being framed by accounting practices, a company’s vision has to inform its accounting practices.” Continue reading
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Politics NOT Partisanship: an Arendtian Model
For Arendt, politics was the back-and-forth interplay between regular people in a democracy. Politics is the realm of freedom (The Human Condition) and will not only combat hyper-partisanship and raw power plays, but may even help us thrive even in the face of great collective challenges. Continue reading
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Invitation to Guest Authors
Are you looking for a place to write? Do you care about the topics of Authenticity, Personal Identity, Mass Society, Freedom, Faith, and Community? If you are a new writer looking for exposure, please feel free to write for Ideals and Identities. Other topics will be considered as well. Our site will, beginning August 1, Continue reading
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Ideals and Identities is Restructuring – Some articles will be disappearing
Announcement of changes to idealsandidentities.com Continue reading
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From Humility to Meekness: From Submission to Agency
A humble individual may be wrong but he must also feel bad about it. Even if one doesn’t feel bad about being wrong there is often real or imagined pressure to virtue signal; I may not feel bad that I was wrong, but I have to apologize as if I did. Continue reading
About me: I am a career educator and traveler at heart. My written work includes academic writing in philosophy and linguistics, English acquisition, and most intently in the areas of spiritual engagement with reality and what that means for our public lives.
My education is a mixture of formal study in philosophy, political theory, Biblical studies, and history, along with professional teaching certification in TESOL and in cognitive testing, and international teaching.
My travel experiences include a range of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. I have lived in Canada, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand. From those places I have traveled to many others besides.
I am a child of the 70’s and a “family man.” That means I have two wonderful kids who have been round the world with me.
Lastly, I am married to a wonderful woman since 2004. She is my partner, my friend, and my muse.
Thanks again for stopping by,
Raymond Klassen - Ideals and Identities 