Tag Archives: modernity
Not All Anti-Heroes Wear Capes (but They May Wear Tweed Trousers)
“I refuse to ‘look up.’ Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man’s fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.” With that kitchen table declaration, one of the most Falstaffian of all modern protagonists–or, as … Continue reading
ISIS: Hopelessly Modern
London School of Economics political philosophy professor John Gray serves (most likely, unwittingly) as a satisfying corrective to modern liberal thought. Though the general tenor of his work is one of a breezy nihilism, he penetratingly points out the flaws … Continue reading
Peer Pressure Released
I think that I have come to the conclusion, more or less, that, for the most part (notice the F. Scott Fitzgeraldesque clarifications?), we simply cannot learn anything of great worth from our peers/friends. Sure, our friends may have admirable … Continue reading
Notes Before I Go, with a Little Something to Offend Everyone (Namely, Myself and Those I Love)
I. Why the obsession to document nearly every event in our mundane lives (and they are mundane for the most part—and should be, for “mundane” is derived from mundus)? Experience has to be mediated through the camera before it can … Continue reading
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