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Series · Society and Politics

Collective Consciousness

Cihan Sali

Parts
4
Years
2021
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Parts · in order of publication

  1. Collective Consciousness (1) Our Social Antibody

    A single soldier's isolated action cannot form a line of defence; societies, too, can only stand firm by uniting around a collective consciousness. The first part of the Collective Consciousness series.

    Cihan Sali · 30 September 2021 · 3 min read

  2. Collective Consciousness (2) Moral Values and the “Long Live the Snake That Doesn’t Bite Me” Mentality

    The mentality of “long live the snake that doesn't bite me” prepares the ground for the erosion of values such as democracy and justice. The second part of the Collective Consciousness series deals with moral values.

    Cihan Sali · 1 October 2021 · 3 min read

  3. Collective Consciousness (3) Bulletproof Armour

    Like the lymph nodes in our immune system, society has defence mechanisms that stop problems before they spread. The third part of the Collective Consciousness series describes this “bulletproof armour”.

    Cihan Sali · 2 October 2021 · 6 min read

  4. Collective Consciousness (4) The Value System and Faulty Coding

    Love of the homeland is more than attending martyrs' funerals or competing over crowd size at rallies. The fourth part of the Collective Consciousness series looks at how values are wrongly coded into minds.

    Cihan Sali · 3 October 2021 · 5 min read