Rubinshteinic Individualism (AKA "Solitary Individualism", as most commonly referred in Rubinshtein's original, native-written books) describes the entirety of the philosophical content written by Tomasio Rubinshtein, from books to internet articles, although not all of said content is necessarily directly about the notion of individualism.
In a nutshell, Rubinshteinic Individualism aligns the value of individuality with solitude, asceticism/monasticism, freedom and independence, and sees the connection as crucial to the development and preservation of one's individuality in a world that is getting more collective, more materialistic and more shallow in nature.
In addition, this philosophy predicts that in the future we will become even more solitary than some of us already are, due to the increasing phenomena of loneliness in a world driven by isolating technologies.
Another important point that should be mentioned is that said philosophy sees the notion of solitude as something that is not only neutral in nature, but something that exists all around us, as within our distinction existence we are loners. A common mistake by interpreters is that this philosophy sees solitude as a positive thing by nature, although this is not actually the case.
Although referred in Rubinshtein's original books as a "religion", its usage was granted as a synonymous concept to philosophy, and is in no way a religion or a collective construct. Rubinshtein himself referred to this philosophy as his personal philosophy, and advocated anti-cult messages in his books.
In his article, Rubinshteinic Philosophy in a Nutshell, that appears on Philosocom (his official website), Rubinshtein further summarizes the ideas his philosophy contains. For the meaning of the philosophy's symbol (The Enduring Pillar), he wrote this article.
Trivia[]
- On the other side appears the original symbol of Rubinshtein's philosophy, as also presented in Rubinshtein's first 6 books. However, due to people commonly mistaking it to be a swastika, he changed the symbol to the one that appears on the top of this article, called the "New Enduring Pillar". The original symbol is simply called "The Enduring Pillar" or the "Old Enduring Pillar".
- Before commonly writing articles on the internet, Rubinshtein Believed that his philosophy is highly controversial, and mentioned so in his original 4 books (the Hebrew books). However afterwards, after constantly receiving positive feedback from people, he changed his mind.
- In the original books the philosophy is also called "The Solitary Doctrine".
- The entirety of Rubinshtein's fourth book, Auto-Dictaturum, is all about a specific idea within the ideology.
- As a one-sentence summary, Rubinshteinic philosophy is basically a hybrid of individualism, solitude, logic, discipline and monasticism/asceticism. Although an atheist, Rubinshtein commonly referred himself as "Tomasio the Monk" in the original Hebrew quadrilogy.