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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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Hans Holbein the Younger was a famous painter of the Northern Renaissance and Reformation eras. Born into an artistic family in Germany, he made a name for himself in Switzerland and England, where he joined the circle of court painters of the notorious King Henry VIII. Holbein’s uniquely realistic style sometimes unsettled his contemporaries. […]
Lost in the Kennedy Files JamesHoare Sat, 09/06/2025 - 16:06
The Second Council of Nicaea is the seventh and final of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the early church, and it helped to determine and consolidate Christian orthodox thought regarding the person and nature of Jesus Christ in the preceding centuries. It was held in 787 in Nicaea, in modern-day Turkey. Events that […]
This is the continuation – the first of several – of the fourth part of our series looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time we discussed the survival requirements (in food and textiles) of a peasant household as well as … Continue reading Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days →
In November 2023, The New Boy (2023), the latest film by Kaytej Aboriginal filmmaker Warwick Thornton, won the top prize at the Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography held annually in Torún, Poland. For over two decades, Thornton has been writing and directing features and documentaries that explore Aboriginal identity, […]
