Post Tagged 'Postmodernism'

April 16, 2026

David Agonistes, or Infinite Jest at 30

“If he had lived!” Impossible as it seems to conceive, he would have turned 64 just two months ago, on February 21. He is forever fixed in our minds as a young genius who catapulted to fame in his mid-20s and took the American literary world by storm in his early 30s with the publication of a 1,079-page novelistic tour de force (complete with 388 endnotes), followed by a national book tour that witnessed bookstores and halls in several cities packed beyond capacity. Continue Reading...

October 11, 2022

The New Pinocchio Swaps Conscience for ‘Authenticity’

American parents used to trust Disney to charm their kids with beautiful fairy tales. Most such tales were European in origin, but Disney Americanized them, made them more democratic, less bloody minded, and ultimately hopeful. Continue Reading...

March 16, 2015

Video & Audio: Gene Veith On The Real Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

Max Weber’s classic study The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism made the case that the Reformation had a major impact on the rise of free market capitalism. But according to Gene Edward Veith, Weber misunderstood what it was about the Reformation that caused that impact. Continue Reading...

December 06, 2013

Mandela’s Vision for Ecumenical Economic Engagement

Here’s a key section from a speech given by Nelson Mandela in 1998 at the World Council of Churches: At the end of a century that has taught that peace is the greatest weapon in development, we cannot afford to spare any effort to bring about a peaceful resolution of such conflicts. Continue Reading...