Racism, Anti-Racism, Orientalism, and LitHub
Suffice it to say that he hardly comes off as a right-wing cultural warrior seeking to embed himself among the enemy.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
Art & Culture
A collection of 877 posts
The Failed Hero's Journey
A failed hero is a young person who finds that chaos insurmountable, and is swallowed by its overwhelming force.
Alexander Blum
· 7 min read
Nikola Tesla — The Extraordinary Life of a Modern Prometheus
The match for each, of course, is Tesla. Surprised? Most people have heard his name, but few know much about his place in modern science and technology.
Richard Gunderman
· 6 min read
Why No One Cares About Feminist Theory
At this point, we must really pause to ask ourselves how feminist theory is leaking into popular culture, and the reason is that it’s activism-driven scholarship.
James Lindsay
· 10 min read
Collision with Reality — What Depth Psychology Can Tell Us About Victimhood Culture
Personal or collective attitudes that create an invitation to victimhood and infirmity can alter what we expect for ourselves.
Lisa Marchiano
· 11 min read
Direct Democracy and Its Discontents
What is direct democracy? It is a process of political decision-making that puts power directly in the hands of the populace.
Oliver Conolly
· 12 min read
Rethinking Romance — Stendhal's Love
The key term Stendhal introduces, which is central to his vision of romance, is (to use the Americanized spelling) “crystallization”
Matthew Stahlman
· 16 min read
Welcome to the West — Please Don't Integrate
The West’s own ideological wars had thus moved geographically and were now surfacing in the rest of the world.
Nushin Arbabzadah
· 7 min read
Worry About Piety Contests, Not Virtue Signalling
The more important problem is that, in addition to getting signaling wrong, the expression also gets virtue wrong.
Cameron Harwick
· 7 min read
Why Didn't the Industrial Revolution Happen in Rome?
What, I wondered, would have happened had Jesus emerged in a Roman Empire that had gone through an industrial revolution?
Helen Dale
· 8 min read
A Brief History of Tolerance
The celebration of tolerance as an end in itself is a symptom of the shift from self-confident modern liberal democracies to the self-doubting postmodern ones.
Alexis Carre
· 12 min read
The Case for Moral Doubt
When you find yourself in a moral stalemate, where appeals to rationality and empirical reality have been exhausted.
Scotty Jenkins
· 6 min read
Campus Counsellors and the Politicisation of Sexual Assault
Campus support for sexual assault victims often casts women as damaged for life. A college teacher makes the case for agency, recovery and street-smart safety.
Irene Ogrizek
· 9 min read
Deliberation, Not Boundaries — A Reply to Wessie du Toit
The greatest threat to free speech today comes from free speech itself. In particular, it comes from the sheer volume and chaotic nature of that speech.
Nestor de Buen
· 7 min read
Are Women Victims? — Four Women Respond
Women can be victims. In this world, there are violent, exploitative people willing to use and abuse their fellow human beings.
Quillette
· 9 min read