Jamesian Philosophy Refreshed

Apparently because somebody told the truth about him. See my own earlier comments in this blog about Jorjani. https://jamesian58.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-nazis-phd-thesis.html  https://jamesian58.blogspot.com/2016/12/more-about-jorjani.html Here is the lawsuit, brought last July. https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/399/13611/jorjani.pdf You'll notice that there are other claims in that document, but the defamation one seemed philosophically extraordinary. The others are claims on contractual matters. Much more recently, the Hon. William Martini granted summary judgment against the defamation claim (thank goodness!) -- the others are still in play. In the summary judgment ruling Martini said it was reasonable for the defendants to accuse Jorjani of having "peddled racial theories equivalent to those underlying slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the Holocaust" because, on Martini's review of the writings in question, he did.

My first impression about Jorjani was that he sounded like Heidegger. I'm happy to report that my instincts did not betray me: he cites Heidegger as in influence in this strange article: https://www.righton.net/2016/11/05/world-religion-of-the-future/ As you can see if you follow that link, the article appears on a website called  "RightOn" which proudly calls itself reactionary, promising to put the "action" in "reactionary." Let's use this to look at Jorjani a bit. The article is called "The World Religion of the Future." It kicks off with Heidegger, and a story about a Japanese student of his, who in 1919 introduced Heidegger to aspects of Zen Buddhism. Then there's a long bit in which Jorjani is just quoting and sometimes paraphrasing Leo Strauss on Heidegger, without giving us any clue whether he thinks Strauss was right. Then we're really just trying to hold on tight as a train of thought zigs and zags through the...