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Two big announcements: an article years in the making, wherein I argue that the ongoing re-enchantment in culture and consciousness is linked to the emergence of metamodernism in philosophy. Graciously published by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. Also, my conversion story has been published in the Coming Home Network’s Newsletter. Click and read…
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Saved the best for last regarding metamodernism: Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s blockbuster theoretical treatise is now in note form here at Shane Lore.
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The Shane family was divided during the Civil War, with those who stayed behind in Virginia supporting the Confederacy, and those who left for the Midwest supporting the Union. I’ve researched the family tradition of J.F. Shane’s Confederate service and organized my findings on this page.
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I’ve got some long overdue updates and links: a new Catholic Answers article arguing against Jehovah’s Witnesses’ use of the Divine Name; a talk given to University Catholic in Nashville about how the Catholic Faith can inform how we build our cities; and a research article about the Williamson family of Robertson County, Tenn., during…
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A few scattered notes and observations from this groundbreaking work by Eamon Duffy; also, some updates to the metamodernism and re-enchantment literature review notes. This will probably be the final philosophy note upload as I shift toward writing the planned article on metamodernism and re-enchantment.
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Continuing with the philosophy entries: check out some of the literature on re-enchantment.
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I’m finally getting to some of my notes on metamodernism. You’ll now find notes from two of the most influential books about the topic on the philosophy page: Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect, and Depth after Postmodernism and Metamodernism: Or, the Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. I’ve also pasted a few notes from Rod Dreher’s new book…
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I continue the philosophy notes blitzkrieg with notes on this groundbreaking work. Look no further for an easily digestible, relevant, and politically challenging book about the failures of Enlightenment liberalism.
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A set of notes summarizing the book that provides a great overview of Michel Foucault’s thought. He, like Derrida, explodes many myths of the Enlightenment. It’s why he’s one of the seminal thinkers of postmodernism.