| Why is Johnson able to discuss the philosophical materialism of the Epicureans here with such dispassion and even, dare one say, good humor? |
| He sees an increasing number of Saudis who are whipsawed between a new materialism and traditional values. |
| They probably all drive People Carriers and conversation is solely about one-upmanship, acquisitive materialism and diets. |
| As a result, the next generation was to tend towards political quietism and, worst of all, a crass materialism. |
| For example, foreigners are said to bring family values to a culture that cannot sustain them due to New-World mobilities, sexualities, materialisms, and freedoms. |
| With this prohibition, Althusser means to exclude from this tradition not only the usual suspects in the rationalist tradition, but also mechanical and dialectical materialisms with their logics of determination. |
