Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
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Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
@markalanfoster.bsky.social
I am a retired sociology professor 🙵 continue my work through “Institute for Dialectical metaRealism” (https://dmr.institute). With a Ph.D.in sociology 🙵 history, I focus on religious studies (sociology of religion 🙵 history of religions) 🙵 social theory.
From this child of the 1960s counterculture (ᏳᏩ), who became a New Left Third Worldist (𞋟Ꝉ𐋆𑌘) in 1968, peace ☮️, love 🤟🏽, and blessed be 🕊️ to each one of you. Protect the Third World, the Fourth World of Indigeneity, and Subalternity (ꔉ꘠ꔹꗔ꘠ꖎꔹꕷꖹꕘ).

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January 22, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism

Medeniỳ°yet°tiỳn Keyiỳn°kiỳ Nezeriỳ°ye–Yer°liỳk°čiỳliỳk ⫯Ũz–⫯Ãārā Yār°dem°liỳšiỳš–Māv́°čiỳiỳq–⫯Ũčiỳn°čiỳ Dun°yāčiỳliỳq (Uyghur, مەدەنِِىْيەتْتِىن كېيىنْكِى نەزەرىيە ـ يەرْلِىكْچِىلِىك ـ ئۆز ـ ئَارَا يَارْدەمْلِىشِىش ـ مَاۋچِىلِىق ـ ئۈچِىنْچِى دۇنِيَاچِىلِىق)
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January 21, 2026 at 1:16 AM
20 Translations of the “Theory of Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism”

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20 Translations of the “Theory of Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism”
As examples of the work in languages I cultivated since my preteen years, below are 20 translations of the Theory of Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Pashto

Here is Gemeinschaft–Gesellschaft (community–civil society) in Pashto: جَمِيعَت ـ ټولْنه, ǧamīʿat – t̥ūl°nah. I use the ring under the t to avoid confusing it with the Arabic letter ط (commonly transliterated as ṭ).
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism

Tah°ḏība Ḱāna puʿi – Muqāmay°ta – Bah°mī ʾIm°dādā – Mā⫯yuwiz°ma – T⫯yīn Dun°yā Paras°tī (Sindhi, تَهْذِيبَ کَانَ پُوءِ ـ مُقَامَيْتَ ـ بَاهْمِي اِمْدَادَ ـ مَائُوِزْمَ ـ طئِينَ دُنْيَا پَرَسْتِي)

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January 18, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Communist Bundism in Pashto

da Ḱummūnīs°t Būn°dīz°m (دَ کُمُّونِيسْت بُونْدِيزْم)

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January 18, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Communist Bundism in Turkish

Solcu Bundlık (Bundlık is my own construction.)

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January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Communist Bundism in one of my favorite languages

K̀umm°yūnis°ṭ Būn°d ǧō Maḏ°hab (Sindhi, بُونْد جو ڪُمّْيُونِسْٽ مَذْھَب)

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January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism

Posəsṭ–Ṣiyv̇iyliyzʾạṣiyʿ–Loqʾạliyzəm–Gʿẹgʿẹnəạ͡yạṭoyəyəʿ Hiyləp̄–Mʾạʾoyəzəm–Dẹriyṭəʿ V̇ʿləṭiyzəm (Yiddish, פּאָסְט־צִיווִילִיזאַצִיְע־לאָקאַלִיזְם־גּעֶגּעֶנְזײַטָיְקְע הִילְףֿ־מאַאָיְזְם־דְּרִיטְע וועֶלְטִיזְם)

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January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism in my second language, Hebrew

Māʾôʾiyzəm bə•ʿÔlām hạ•Šəliyšiy–hạ•Bāṯạr–Ṯạrəbūṯ–hạ•Lôqạliyzəm–Siyywạʿạ hạ•Hăḏāḏiy (Hebrew, מָאוֹאִיזְם בְעוֹלָם הַשְׁלִישִׁי־הַבָּתַר־תַּרְבּוּת־הַלֹוקַלִיזְם־סִיּוּעַ הַהֲדָדִי)

And glory to Palestine!

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January 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Transcendental Meditation in what could have been my second language had my parents not wisely talked me out of it. lol.

Yiddish, טְראַנְסְצעֶנְדּעֶנְטאַל מעֵדִּיטאַצִיע, Ṭərʾạnəsəṣʿnədʿẹnəṭʾạl Mʿēdiyṭʾạṣiyʿ

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Yidd...

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January 15, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Transcendental Meditation in my second language

Hebrew, מְדִיטַצְיָה הַטְרַנְסְצֶנְדֶּנְטָלִית, Məḏiyṭạṣəyāh hạ•Ṭərạnəṣẹnədẹnəṭāliyṯ

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Hebr...

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January 15, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Here is an updated, a clarified posting of my Marxist chronology:
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Just made this translation:

Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoism–Third Worldism: ʾal•Māwiyyaẗuṇ fī ʿĀlam ʾal•Ṯāṯliṯ–baʿ°di ʾal•Ḥaḍāraẗ–Naz°ʿaẗ ʾal•Maḥaliyyaẗ–Musāʿadāt ʾal•Mutabādalaẗ (Arabic, المَاوِيَّةٌ فِي عَالَم الثَالِث ـ بَعْدِ الحَضَارَة ـ نَزْعَة المَحَلِّيَّة ـ مُسَاعَدَات المُتَبَادَلَة)

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January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Transcendental Meditation in French

Méditation Transcendantale

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Fren...

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January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Transcendental Meditation in Tajik

Tajik, Мулоҳизаи Транссенденталӣ, Mulohiza•i Transsendentalī

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Taji...

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January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Transcendental Meditation in Arabic and Iranian Persian

Arabic, تَّأَمُّل التَجَاوَزِيّ, Tta⫯āmmul ʾal•Taǧāwaziyy

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Arab...

Persian, دَرْوَنپُویِیِ مُتعَالِی‌, Darvan°pūýí•i Mutʿālí

My pronunciation: www.markfoster.net/name/TM-Pers...

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January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The Apocalypse

This is a huge file, and you will not be able to preview it in Google Drive.

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The_Apocalypse.pdf
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January 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A Course in Miracles

I disagree with just about everything in this text. But I am not an monistic idealist. Nevertheless, here is the public domain first edition. Later editions are under copyright.

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A_Course_in_Miracles-combined_volume-Original_Edition-public_domain.pdf
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January 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Volume 1 of R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller’s book on synergetic geometry is Creative Commons for noncommercial use. Volume 2 is most likely not, so I will not post the link.

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Synergetics-Explorations_in_the_Geometry_of_Thinking.pdf
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January 10, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Two additional renderings

• Sefard Evrejí (Kazakh, Сефард Еврейі), “Sephardic Jew”
• Sefard Yahudiysi (Uzbek), “Sephardic Jew”

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January 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Two more Creative Commons compilations I just completed

Indigenous and critical Indigenous studies:

drive.google.com/file/d/1u6DL...

cultural interface theory:

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Indigenous_Peoples_Knowldge_and_the_Sciences-with_articles_on_Indigenous_and_critical_Indigenous_studies.pdf
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January 7, 2026 at 7:43 AM