NOTES FOR A NOVEL ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD A SERIOUS NOVEL about the destruction of the United States and the end of the world should perform the function of prophecy in reverse. The novelist writes about the coming end in order to warn about present ills and so avert the end. Not being…
New Thomas Peyser article in Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal Henry David Thoreauspontaneous ordersThomas Peyser
Happy birthday to Dave Bartholomew. Also on this day, Lee Dorsey. Dave BartholomewFats DominoLee Dorseymusicnew orleansthe big beattrumpet
The Philanthropic Enterprise has curated several articles on the topic of loneliness, something that tends to get heightened at this time of year. BeatleslonelinessPhilanthropy
I guess a must-have from the vaults for Stax aficionados. musicsoulStax
For a limited time OUP have made freely available several articles from across their small catalogue of philosophy journals, one of which is by the very excellent Kristóf Nyíri in The Monist. ConservatismKristóf NyíriLudwig WittgensteinPhilosophyrealism
This from Alexander Blum writing in the HuffPost. We already have markets, the republic of science (Polanyi), urban design (Jacobs) and much more besides, spontaneous orders that embody these worthy stygmergic [sic] virtues (quote below). Writing a decade or so ago, the downside then expressed was that there runs the risk of ‘‘a kind of…
I knew that Parfit was a keen photographer with a great eye at least from the cover of Reasons and Persons, but here are many that have remained unseen by most until now. Luchino Visconti would have approved. Derek ParfitethicsLuchino Viscontipersonal identityphotography
A man riding a train may incarnate alienation (the commuter) or rotation (i. e., the English variety: “I was taking a long-delayed holiday. In the same compartment and directly opposite me, I noticed a young woman who seemed to be in some sort of distress. To my astonishment she beckoned to me. I had planned…
Professor Longhair — Bogalusa baby born on this day. boogie woogieJazzjazz Festnew orleanspianoprofessor longhairTipitina
