The Tartar invades whenever a complacent sedentarism threatens the perspective of an enduring reality whose future is the evolutionary responsibility of humanity. To make that point clear, the epistemological works of Rudolf Steiner underwrite our interpretation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus.

This collection of essays reflect the prolific philosopher David Kuhrt's prescient thesis that subjectivity can be bypassed, thereby exploding the myth of positivist philosophy. In bypassing intuition with abstract ideas, "science," as we have described it, has informed the notion of Western imperialism in the Middle East, from the dogmatic Christianity of the medieval Papacy through transnational corporate investment today. Kuhrt argues that Western intellect and abstract truths still prevail at the expense of practicality, negotiation, and face-to-face meetings. By supporting militant...