Composition

I had a difficult time picking a topic to write about. I thought most of the ideologies were pretty obvious except for the Indian collection. There was a book called the Bhagavadgita that I wanted to try and figure out. I already knew before I left class that my paper was going to have to be about that book because I wanted to be some what original. I didn’t want to write about education, ethnicity, or love. I enjoy writing when it’s more cynical and less generic.

Ultimately I decided to pick capitalism as an ideology. I make the point in my paper that it is much more pervasive than “JUST” an economic system. In fact I even suggest that it has co-opted nearly all other ideologies. If you looked at all the collections there is only one common connection, capitalism.

The other items I talked about in my paper were the monk who sold his ferrari and the gold rings. They fit nicely with capitalism but hopefully I didn’t make my connections too obvious. I have three general themes, sacrifice, virtual reality, and desire. The Sacred song book created those themes but not directly in the context of capitalist ideology and epistemology.

I’m interested to hear what others say about their collections.