Eric Scheske

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Counter-Conduct

Counter-Conduct

Modernity is molded by the left hemisphere. It could be argued that modernity is, by definition, the culture built by the left hemisphere. As a result, folks these days tend to have atrophied right hemispheres that need to be reinvigorated in order to flourish. Part of that effort requires a revolt against the presumptions of left-hemispheric culture. The revolt is "counter-conduct," a term borrowed from M. Foucault (but used slightly differently. Counter-conduct clears the path for flourishing.

The Full Agrarian Letter

The Full Agrarian Letter

Professor Michael Jordan's Final Exam Letter to his Students Professor Michael Jordan saw last week's post. He graciously provided me the original, full letter, with this note: I taught a course on “The Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization” back in 1999, and while students were taking

The Integrity of Poetry

The Integrity of Poetry

Micah Mattix at First Things

Optimal Work on Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture

Optimal Work on Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture

The Original Deep States

The Original Deep States

Wilfred McClay at the Claremont Review of Books

Saving the Commons

Saving the Commons

Jack Bell at Plough

Psychedelia

Psychedelia

I didn't realize the City of San Francisco canceled its 4/20 celebration this year due to lack of funding (its budget blown on free booze and needles for the homeless, I suppose) and a lack of corporate sponsorships. Corporate sponsorships? In the heart of the Haight? Nonetheless,

Foucault was a Pedophile?

Foucault was a Pedophile?

And introducing one of the themes of Part III of The Existence Strikes Back project: The rise of the irrational.

Thriving on the Fringe of Society

Thriving on the Fringe of Society

Carrie Blackmore Smith at Cincinnati Magazine

Local Counter-Conduct

Local Counter-Conduct

Counter-Conduct: "Any action that reasserts the primacy of the right hemisphere." That is my McGilchristization of Foucault's "counter-conduct." The immediate implications: Any action that beats down the left hemisphere in favor of the right hemisphere is counter-conduct. Because modernity is the left hemisphere'

Latinist Moves to Steubenville

Latinist Moves to Steubenville

John Byron Kuhner, a Latinist who published a delightful paean to Central Park in the June/July 2023 edition of First Things, has moved to Steubenville, Ohio. I've been to Steubenville once. It was ten years ago. I was stunned by the desolation. It was a "ghost