The Black Arts Have No Nonsense About Them
Black Magic, Witchcraft, and Other Dark Responses to Challenge
Jacques Derrida Dismantles Modernity
Jacques Derrida revealed modernity's dirty secret: It was always just another religion . . . or rather, a series of religions, just like the Christian sects it scorned.
Modern Existentialism is the Rejection of Modernity's Extreme Essentialism
Modernity is rejection of the Tao (the "Great Rejection"). Existentialist movements throughout the past 200 years have rejected the rejection . . . and proven wildly popular.
Russell Kirk: The Anti-Modernist Cerberus
The author of The Conservative Mind opposed modernity in at least three ways
Russell Kirk hated modernity.
He rebelled against it his entire life. He hated the automobile, calling it a “modern Jacobin.” He wouldn't allow a TV in his house (though he let a hobo named “Clinton”
Four Quirky Post-WWI Utopians
Utopian irrationalism flourished after World War I. Here's a glimpse at four such reformers.
The Revolt Against Essence
Getting to know the most popular philosophy of the 20th century
The Zen of Littleness: St. Therese's Way
💡This isn't the second part of a 2-part series, but readers might want to read or skim this previous piece before reading this one.
Dogen, the father of the Soto School of Japanese Zen, is arguably the most significant intellectual in the Zen tradition.
As a young man
This Monk Understands David Foster Wallace
And people who reject the unholy Trinity of Rationalism, Empiricism, and Progressivism.
Therese Lisieux's Little Way is Exquisitely Post-Modernist
Another postmodernist existentialist revolt against the left hemisphere and its suffocating emphasis on essence
Jack Kerouac: The Tao on Steroids
Kerouac rejected The Great Rejection