Universal Burdens : Stories of (Un)Freedom from the Unitarian Universalist Association, The MOVE Organization, and Taqwacore

• Main Author: Fiscella, Anthony
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Lund University 2015
• Subjects: Philosophy; Ethics and Religion; Unitarian Universalist Association; Decolonialism; Inclusivity; Democracy; Human rights; (Un)Freedom; Unfreedom; Freedom; Liberation; Liberty; UUA; MOVE Organization; Philadelphia; Virginia; Taqwacore; Critical Religion Theory; History of religion; Islam; American Muslims; Anarchism; Anarchists; Punk rock; Hardcore; Social Movements; Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Jiddu Krishnamurti; Zen; Imperialism; Cognitive dissonance; Racism; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; Colonialism; Critical pedagogy; Critical race studies; Harper; Watkins
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8147548; https://portal.research.lu.se/files/4184996/8161229.pdf

Zen Buddhists have long given the following advice to attain liberation: “Eat when you’re hungry. Sleep when you’re tired.” In other words: “Freedom” is the “knowledge of necessity” (Hegel, Marx, and Engels). Early Islamic communities dealt with the challenge of internal warfare and tyranny and conc...