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The reason I believe that Infinite Jest is David Foster Wallace’s masterpiece is that it takes for granted that there is no real reason for him, or really anyone to embrace the mundane horrors of modern life— unless (and he isn’t), you’re willing to defend the transcendent ideal of your people, which if you’re me, or you’re someone like Wallace today, equals the white race. (more…)
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace
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Distracted from distraction by distraction.
—T.S. Eliot
Unfortunately, as things are, the festival’s sure to fail. But I have the power to save you guys. Through death I’ll release you from your earthly suffering.
—Unnamed female character from Chainsaw Man, Chapter 196 (more…)
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The Soul of Chivalry, produced by Cat Weiss (aka Philosophicat) is what I hope is the first of many videos introducing the world of Tradition to new audiences. It is primarily based on the chapter in Baron Julius Evola’s Revolt Against the Modern World by the same name while drawing heavily on other works by Evola, such as Eros and the Mysteries of Love, The Yoga of Power, and The Hermetic Tradition. (more…)
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This is the fourth and—I hope and believe—final installment of a series which sprang from what I originally intended as a single article. Previous pieces were “A Puzzling Situation”, “A Short Note on Satire”, and “Welcome to My Workshop.” The trouble started when the first piece met with more incomprehension than I had foreseen. (more…)
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Sebastian Junger
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Simon & Schuster, 2016
Since its first edition in 2016, this book had been on my list of books to read. Eight years later, I finally read it this weekend, coinciding with a conversation with friends about the drama of war and how it brings out both the best and worst in human behavior. In Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, Sebastian Junger once again showcases his prose, marked by clarity and precision—the same qualities evident in War and Fire. (more…)
J.M.W. Turner. The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire
J.M.W. Turner. The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire
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The twenty-first century is nearly a quarter done, and things don’t look so good. It may be time to pause and contemplate the remarkable socially and morally transformative effects of three powerful, intermingling forces that have come into ascendancy. They are the pernicious legacy of the left’s “progressive” ideology, one that relentlessly progresses toward ever more explicit manifestations of deviance and degeneracy. (more…)
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Translations: Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
Martin Heidegger is one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy, both in terms of the depth and originality of his ideas and the breadth of his influence in philosophy, theology, the human sciences, and culture in general.
Heidegger was born on September 26, 1889 in the town of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on May 26, 1976 in Freiburg and was buried in Meßkirch. (more…)
Hendrik Möbus
Hendrik Möbus
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Part 2 (Read Part 1 here)
Ondrej Mann: Has Black Metal in the past attempted a certain counter-reality? To build through Black Metal a new reality, aesthetics, to change the world with magic and very radical acts and politics?
Hendrik Möbus: Yes, I am convinced of that. (more…)
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This is the preface to a book I started writing five years ago when it occurred to me that philosophy in the West is, if not dead, then certainly dying. The book is titled Unmourned Funeral: The Welcome Death of White Western Philosophy. Philosophy is my subject. In a way, it’s what I do. My doctorate is in philosophy, and as I advance in years I find myself spending more and more time reading it to the exclusion of other distractions. (more…)
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Greg Johnson and guest Keith Woods (Substack, Twitter) were joined by James Tucker (Substack, Twitter), author of the recent Counter-Currents essay “Where George Grant Went Wrong,” for the second half of the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio. (more…)
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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)
It is during and after the First World War that reinforced concrete was incorporated into political programs as a “progressive” building material. The Futurist Antonio Sant’Elia inspired an entire generation of so-called “brutalists”: Le Corbusier, Buckminster Fuller, and members of the movement called De Stijl. Jappe cites Futurist proponents of concrete cities: (more…)
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Translations: Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
Martin Heidegger is one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy, both in terms of the depth and originality of his ideas and the breadth of his influence in philosophy, theology, the human sciences, and culture in general.
Heidegger was born on September 26, 1889 in the town of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on May 26, 1976 in Freiburg and was buried in Meßkirch. (more…)
