“Can We Stand to Live a Meaningless Life?” deaddogma.substack.com/p/can-we-sta... is an excerpt from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

“Can We Stand to Live a Meaningless Life?” is online at ABC Australia. www.abc.net.au/religion/rob... This is an excerpt from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning.

Can we stand to live a meaningless life? - ABC Religion & Ethics

As I get older, I find myself thinking a lot about Carl Jung’s pronouncement, “Man cannot stand a meaningless life.” That may be true for most, but what about those of us who manage just fine?

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A great conversation with Greg Voisen on the “Inside Personal Growth” podcast about my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. insidepersonalgrowth.com/posts/podcas...

On hope, from “Resilience Reflections with Robert Jensen” www.resilience.org/stories/2015... My new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, is a 220-page explanation of this statement. robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

“Founding Rapist: Judging Thomas Jefferson by the Standards of His Time,” my latest column at 3 Quarks Daily. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...

Founding Rapist: Judging Thomas Jefferson by the Standards of His Time - 3 Quarks Daily

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My interview for “Soul Search” on ABC Radio in Australia is online. We talked about my new book, This I Don’t Believe, and the work of Wendell Berry. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I’m not sure anyone needs 1 hour and 26 minutes of me, but my World XP podcast interview is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26G....

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from “Four Questions in the Universal Quest for Meaning,” www.laprogressive.com/science-and-... adapted from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

I’m back to the shameless attempt to get people to pay attention to my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, by posting pictures from my alleged life. This morning I started the first fire of the season in the wood stove. robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

from “Four Questions in the Universal Quest for Meaning,” www.highbrowmagazine.com/32075-four-q... adapted from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

For folks in Albuquerque: I’ll be reading from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning at Books on the Bosque, 6261 Riverside Plaza Ln Suite A-2, at 5:30pm on Friday, 9/18. www.booksonthebosque.com/botbevents

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“Four Questions in the Universal Quest for Meaning” www.highbrowmagazine.com/32075-four-q... is adapted from my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

Four Questions in the Universal Quest for Meaning | Highbrow Magazine

Is there a God, understood as a divine force, entity, or being that created the universe and has the power to direct events in it?

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“We need ideas about managing the contraction to that fewer-and-less world. Our chances of doing that in humane fashion rest on our ability to help each other avoid the temptations of dense energy.” deaddogma.substack.com/p/humans-pre...

Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases

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about my new book: “I'm trying to honestly reflect on some of the forces that shaped me, why they produce my worldview, and why it’s still possible to live a joyful and productive life without the anchors for meaning many people find necessary.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQe...

A Fulfilling Life Without Meaning - In Conversation with Robert Jensen

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Thanks to everyone who came to SOMOS for my book reading, the first for This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. I’m grateful for the lively conversation. (Thanks to Laurell and Liam for the photos.) blueearbooks.com/this-i-dont-...

from my latest podcast: “If you’re doing something and you know it’s time to quit, quit—even if you’re not sure what comes next, because you don’t know how to explore new possibilities when you’re trapped in an old way of being.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQe...

A Fulfilling Life Without Meaning - In Conversation with Robert Jensen

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My new book isn’t about cults, but I had a great conversation with Kacey of the “Cult Vault” podcast. www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fu...

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Amy Boaz’s assessment of This I Don’t Believe: “nonjudgmental, humble and nondidactic.” from “A writer of his own mind: Taos author’s skeptical journey to fulfillment” www.taosnews.com/tempo/books/... I’m reading tonight (Fri, Sept. 11) at 5:30 at SOMOS Bookstore, 108 Civic Plaza Dr, Taos.

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caption: Author and academic Robert Jensen rejects most belief systems in his pursuit of a meaningful life. “This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life Without Meaning” By Robert Jensen Blue

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from my article based on This I Don’t Believe: getting to “fewer and less” (fewer people consuming less energy) is hard because of “the temptations of dense energy,” which is why “the moral high ground is a dangerous place to stand, even when it’s warranted.” deaddogma.substack.com/p/humans-pre...

Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases

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I’ve been following Bill Rees’ work for years. His endorsement of my new book means a lot to me. "Robert Jensen’s book offers crystalline thinking and writing of almost brutal clarity." William Rees, ecological economist, co-author of Our Ecological Footprint robertwjensen.org/books/this-i...

For folks in Taos, I'm reading from my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, on Friday, Sept. 11, at 5:30 pm at SOMOS Bookshop. livetaos.com/events/rober...

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Robert Jensen will read from his new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. Jensen, an Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Au...

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“How does human nature play out in today’s social structures to produce domination/subordination dynamics in sex/gender, race, global affairs, economics, and the human exploitation of the larger living world?” from “Domination/Subordination Dynamics" deaddogma.substack.com/p/domination...

Domination/Subordination Dynamics

Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority

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My latest column at 3 Quarks Daily: “Domination/Subordination Dynamics: Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority” 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...

Domination/Subordination Dynamics: Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority - 3 Quarks Daily

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“The multiple cascading ecological crises of our era are the consequences of the large population and modern ‘lifestyles’ made possible by coal, oil, and gas. We face problems that likely have no solutions.” deaddogma.substack.com/p/humans-pre...

Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases

By Robert Jensen

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My latest article, “Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases,” is adapted from my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. www.savageminds.co/p/humans-pre...

Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases

Why a Sustainable Future Requires Fewer and Less

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Remembering how I used Wendell Berry’s writing in my classes: “‘There are no unsacred places’: I’m glad Wendell Berry’s memory will trouble my thoughts” at ABC Religion & Ethics, www.abc.net.au/religion/rob...

‘There are no unsacred places’: I’m glad Wendell Berry’s memory will trouble my thoughts - ABC Religion & Ethics

Wendell Berry called out the cruelty of the masters of the modern world, the ways they desecrate the land in rural America. But he knew we all are implicated in the degradation of the ecosystems on wh...

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Today is the official release of This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. There have been some production delays, and today it’s only available from the publisher or on Amazon. Don’t worry—more ways to order are coming soon. blueearbooks.com/this-i-dont-...

I have a new book, This I Don’t Believe. I’m supposed to step up my “social media engagement,” posting about my life. My life isn’t very interesting but here goes: Today I’m making tomato sauce with tomatoes from our garden. robertwjensen.org/books/this-i....

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from “My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’”: “for those few years, I took Rand’s philosophy as unchallengeable truth, my first—but, sadly, not last—experience with dead dogma.” deaddogma.substack.com/p/my-ayn-ran...

My Ayn Rand Phase

The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’

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from “My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’”: when I was young and alienated, “one aspect of Rand’s picture of the world that appealed to me: The protagonists in her novels were self-creations, not weighed down by family or culture.” scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/m...

My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’

Robert Jensen ScheerPost Book Excerpt for This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning John Stuart Mill long ago warned that when we are so certain of the truth of an idea that we reject…

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