What on Earth are THESE?!
posted by jonathan even-zohar @ 13:23
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Think and Explain
24.6.07
About Me
- Name: jonathan even-zohar
- Location: Leiden, South-Holland, Netherlands
A strange compilation of genes, sensors, motological movement and traces of soul-emulation exists within my biosphere of bacteria, virusses, phenotypes, memes and pumping blood. I intend to survive in way that increases existential harmony, as it is recognised by I & I. I listen to music that depicts happyness, violence, love, hatred, compassion, depression, complexity, honesty, silence and shock.
Links
News:
Google News
The Economist
Reuters
Israeli News
Arab News
Independent
Blogs:
Wasp Jerky
Crooked Timber
Duck of Minerva
Blog advertising
Cosmic Variance
Industrial Ecology
Think Progress
Machiruda
Trade Routes
Sporen
Under Progress
Super Sopraan
One Good Move
Dennis Fox
Suburban Guerilla
History:
Historical Abstracts
H-net
History Forum
History News Network
Leiden University
Wikipedia
Religion:
Crayenborgh Discussion Forum
Islam
Kabbalah
Christian Research Institute
Photography:
Ami Vitale Amber Beckers Thomas Schlijper Martijn van de Griendt Martijn Beekman Michel de Groot Visa pour l'image The Digital Journalist Getty Images Corbis Reuters Pictures World Picture News VII Photo zReportage Hollandse Hoogte Reporters UPA Photo World Press Photo Camera Works Google News Yahoo News Photos FOAM
Music:
All MusicMachinefabriek
Pat Metheny
Mastodon
Dour Festival
Meshuggah
Extra:
Catena Student Association Leiden
Stevige Kost
Globe of Blogs
Me:
Ahava Blog
Nike in Tautavel 2005
Grootste forum in Leiden
Previous Posts
- How things are going...
- What on Earth are THESE?!
- Relationships
- Symposium "Does History Evolve?"
- Information World
- Pirates Ahoy!
- Yet Another Spike Lee Joints
- Say Cheese!
- Conflicting Values
- When the Levees broke...
Archives
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- October 2006
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- December 2006
- January 2007
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- April 2007
- May 2007
- June 2007
- December 2007
- Current Posts
Jonathan Even-Zohar was born in 1982 in a hospital just outside of
Tel-Aviv, the dune of spring. Already an intellectual at the age of five
he amazed his mother and friends by pondering the meaning of life and
death. However, being drawn towards Playmobil, television and computers
he soon lost interest in these matters.
It was after the Gulf War that his mother and boyfriend at the time decided to 'descend' from the Holy land and set sail towards The Hague, being the birthplace of Even-Zohars
mother. Jonathan managed well in Grade school and High school, so the
next logical step was the University, the infinite source of knowledge.
After speculating on Industrial Design, Social Geography and Journalism
it was the study of History at Leiden that turned out to be his
decision.
Now, four years into the study, matters have only become more
complicated as this student advances towards World History; meaning the
complete array of fields a historian may implement in explaining the
entire past of the entire world to fellow men. It is especially the
philosophical character of World History that attracted Jonathan.
For him there is only one question that stands above all others like a
lonely chuchtower in some Flemish village, which asks the cause of the
Western Rise and the Industrial Revolution. Furthermore, the role of the
European self- and worldimage throughout its history may explain the
role of Europe in the Eurasian Human Web. Thus, the direct contact
between Islam and Christianity is to be investigated. Were Muslims
constantly on the verge of invading Europe? How did Arab people perceive
the 'barbaric' Christians? How was Science spread and how did the West
pick up knowledge form the Arabs or from further East? Europe and the
Islam are still not at peace, certainly not in the mind.