Ludwig Wittgenstein could be considered an anti-philosopher. He never put forth a doctrine of beliefs, but rather insisted that one should discover the use of meaning and how it is put to practice.

 
Malachy McCourt speaking at a World Can't Wait rally in New York City in early October. Vote Green on November 7th regardless of where you live.

 
Peak Oil is one of the most pressing concerns alongside of global warming. As oil extraction reaches its highest point, from then on oil extraction will be less and less. Though oil will not suddenly disappear, the population of the planet steadily inceases, which causes an increase in demand with fewer resources.

 
When Foucault spoke about the technologies of discipline, he meant systems that were everyday and ubiquitous but maintained a process of classification and regulation of life. The best example of this model is the modern airport. It is a place where there are no public spaces and people accept the presence of surveillance and inequality among groups. It allows the internalization of discipline into the individual mentality of the subject as it is produced through specific methods of regulation.

 
Here is an interesting theory about exploitation. It holds that an unequal exhange of time and space, where affluence in one area requires resources from another area, is exploitation of energy rather than labor. Products that are the result of the dissipation of energy are compensated by profits that purchase resources for more energy expenditure.

 
One way to compare Heidegger and Foucault is through an examination of power. Heidegger looks at the way being has power in its dealing with the general state of existence, and how that power is taken away with inauthenticity. Foucault looks at power as having knowledge, and how that power is taken away when institutions have knowledge of subjects and use that knowledge to control the subject. Both involve an externalization of power from individuals.

 
Here is a short and concise introduction to how primitive societies can be defined in terms of anthropology. It deals with how reciprocity is a common phenomenon in primitive societies and how that reciprocity is organized.