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The 2008 book Ritual and Its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity is hard for me to understand, but I’ve been trying to figure it out, as the concepts it considers seem interesting and important:
Rob Henderson has a great essay summarizing the expert vs elite distinction I discussed in 6 prior posts (1 2 3 4 5 6):
You might expect us to understand our romantic couple breakups very well.
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For more than 60 years, Charles Van Schaick (1852-1946) worked as a photographer in the town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Opened in 1879, he took around 8,000 of glass plate negatives, of which approximately 5,700 are studio portraits. The Charles Van Schaick collection, now housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, achieved … Continue reading "Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness" The post Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness appeared first on Flashbak.
We’re hanging out on the stoop of Anthony Catalano’s home in Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York City. These pictures are of the “two main stoops on my block throughout the five decades on my life in Broro Park, Brooklyn NYC,” says Anthony. We’ve featured Anthony’s superb pictures of his native Brooklyn in the 1970s here … Continue reading "On My Stoop In Brooklyn Over Four Decades: Anthony’s Story" The post On My Stoop In Brooklyn Over Four Decades: Anthony’s Story appeared first on Flashbak.
