Showing posts with label traditional conservatism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditional conservatism. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2015
Getting Away from the Negative Associations
And trying to create a new, different movement(?): Richard Spencer. A paleocon or a trad con should respond to this query posed by him: Identitarianism—A Conversation Starter
Identity is important, but it is insufficient for social cohesion -- there must be "solidarity," broadly understood as encompassing those social virtues necessary for the preservation of community and social bonds.
Identity is important, but it is insufficient for social cohesion -- there must be "solidarity," broadly understood as encompassing those social virtues necessary for the preservation of community and social bonds.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
More on Clans and the Nation-State
Cato Unbound:
Human Nature vs. Libertarian Ideals by Arnold Kling
States: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them by John Fabian Witt
Reply to Kling and McCarthy by Mark S. Weiner
Reply to Witt by Mark S. Weiner
Neither Clans Nor Clubs, But a Bit of Both by Daniel McCarthy
Human Nature vs. Libertarian Ideals by Arnold Kling
States: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them by John Fabian Witt
Reply to Kling and McCarthy by Mark S. Weiner
Reply to Witt by Mark S. Weiner
Neither Clans Nor Clubs, But a Bit of Both by Daniel McCarthy
Thursday, March 06, 2014
The Glory that is Rome
You get a glimpse of Roman soldiers in Pompeii and Son of God, both of which were released recently. Funny that the makers of Pompeii thought it was necessary to include a black African slave/gladiator as a character, even though it's been done repeatedly in recent depictions of the Roman Empire (Gladiator, Spartacus, what else?) Pompeii, with all of its CGI effects and lame Hollywood disaster movie plot, probably deserves its low freshness rating.
Is there any chance that for the sword and sandal movie, the Hollywood historical epic to get away from Political Correctness?
King Arthur, Centurion, The Last Legion, and The Eagle were disappointing though not all equally bad. What is Mel Gibson up to? His planned movies on the Vikings and the Maccabees don't seem to be going anywhere. Is there a movie about the Roman republic or the Empire that he would be willing to do, in Latin? (The Punic Wars? Caesar's campaign in Gaul?) Or maybe something on the Eastern Roman Empire, in Latin and Greek?
East of Byzantium and a movie on the Council of Nicaea
They may be inspiring to some and a must-see for history buffs but will they be too cheesy for the rest of the potential audience (much like Son of God appeals to pious Christians who do not have high standards for film-making)?
More episodes of Byzantium the Lost Empire.
Complete.
Plus, Byzantium - A Tale of Three Cities.
National Geographic did a documentary on Armenia.
The Rebirth of Armenia
A FB friend posted the following from Tim Stanley:
"I've reached the conclusion that traditionalists should reject politics and focus on art. We should take back control of the cultural institutions—universities, academies, churches, periodicals—and use them to promote beauty. We should try to live charitably, fully and well—to be examples and trend setters. We mustn't turn our backs on the people we disagree with, but embrace and cherish them (please, do not conflate traditionalism with snobbery—Yukio [Mishima] wrote, “The highest point at which human life and art meet is in the ordinary. To look down on the ordinary is to despise what you can’t have.”) And we should not accept our fate as mere critics of civilisation (the figurative version of Mishima’s suicide) but instead become the architects of a new one. For we traditionalists don’t contribute nearly enough to our society. Helping to improve it could mean anything from blogging to writing a symphony. My favourite way to keep the flame burning is to attend the Old Rite Catholic Mass. There is the real synergy of art and action: an ancient ritual, unchanged, unchanging that represents a communion with the past. And, of course, to God."
--Timothy Randolph Stanley
Telegraph. See also Daniel McCarthy.
Can't "take control" without numbers, and Christianity is not about numbers - it's about bringing Christ to others. Besides, the heavy use of print and electronic mass media in a system that is not sustainable may lead to their curtailment in the future - if we want to restore beauty we need to do so in a local context, in our communities and our temples.
Is there any chance that for the sword and sandal movie, the Hollywood historical epic to get away from Political Correctness?
King Arthur, Centurion, The Last Legion, and The Eagle were disappointing though not all equally bad. What is Mel Gibson up to? His planned movies on the Vikings and the Maccabees don't seem to be going anywhere. Is there a movie about the Roman republic or the Empire that he would be willing to do, in Latin? (The Punic Wars? Caesar's campaign in Gaul?) Or maybe something on the Eastern Roman Empire, in Latin and Greek?
East of Byzantium and a movie on the Council of Nicaea
They may be inspiring to some and a must-see for history buffs but will they be too cheesy for the rest of the potential audience (much like Son of God appeals to pious Christians who do not have high standards for film-making)?
More episodes of Byzantium the Lost Empire.
Complete.
Plus, Byzantium - A Tale of Three Cities.
National Geographic did a documentary on Armenia.
The Rebirth of Armenia
A FB friend posted the following from Tim Stanley:
"I've reached the conclusion that traditionalists should reject politics and focus on art. We should take back control of the cultural institutions—universities, academies, churches, periodicals—and use them to promote beauty. We should try to live charitably, fully and well—to be examples and trend setters. We mustn't turn our backs on the people we disagree with, but embrace and cherish them (please, do not conflate traditionalism with snobbery—Yukio [Mishima] wrote, “The highest point at which human life and art meet is in the ordinary. To look down on the ordinary is to despise what you can’t have.”) And we should not accept our fate as mere critics of civilisation (the figurative version of Mishima’s suicide) but instead become the architects of a new one. For we traditionalists don’t contribute nearly enough to our society. Helping to improve it could mean anything from blogging to writing a symphony. My favourite way to keep the flame burning is to attend the Old Rite Catholic Mass. There is the real synergy of art and action: an ancient ritual, unchanged, unchanging that represents a communion with the past. And, of course, to God."
--Timothy Randolph Stanley
Telegraph. See also Daniel McCarthy.
Can't "take control" without numbers, and Christianity is not about numbers - it's about bringing Christ to others. Besides, the heavy use of print and electronic mass media in a system that is not sustainable may lead to their curtailment in the future - if we want to restore beauty we need to do so in a local context, in our communities and our temples.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Traditionalist and Catholic Worship of Authority
Old habits die hard? Even now there is resistance to the novel teachings of lawful resistance, regicide and other acts against an illegitimate temporal power. I don't expect the Church to ever denounce the modern nation-state as being illegitimate in itself, much less sanction violent means to secure and protect the common good of a community from usurpers.
Over at the Orthosphere: Democracy, authority, and the moral order.
How does the temporal order enact divine justice? How does God's mercy harmonize with His justice? Over the weekend I glanced briefly at an Orthodox writer's discussion of the two. While justice cannot be sufficient, as there must be charity which motivates and directs, is "human" justice a concession to a fallen world? Or is there something more "postive" to its being necessary?
Related:
Asserting Political Authority in a Sacred Landscape: A Comparison of Umayyad and Israeli Jerusalem
Over at the Orthosphere: Democracy, authority, and the moral order.
How does the temporal order enact divine justice? How does God's mercy harmonize with His justice? Over the weekend I glanced briefly at an Orthodox writer's discussion of the two. While justice cannot be sufficient, as there must be charity which motivates and directs, is "human" justice a concession to a fallen world? Or is there something more "postive" to its being necessary?
Related:
Asserting Political Authority in a Sacred Landscape: A Comparison of Umayyad and Israeli Jerusalem
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Mark Royden Winchell
Nomocracy in Politics: “Mark Royden Winchell,” By Thomas H. Landess (republished from First Principles)
I've been waiting for Winchell's last book The Cause of Us All, to be in stock for a year or so; was it actually published?
bio
In Memoriam
Notice in AmConMag on his passing in 2008.
Dixie.net
"The Dream of the South"
I've been waiting for Winchell's last book The Cause of Us All, to be in stock for a year or so; was it actually published?
bio
In Memoriam
Notice in AmConMag on his passing in 2008.
Dixie.net
"The Dream of the South"
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Program for This Year's FPR Conference
Mark T. Mitchell - I was thinking about going but my September schedule has gotten rather busy.
A New Website
Peter Haworth introduces "a new website that explores Liberty, Prudence, Imperfection, and Law": Nomocracy In Politics - the homepage
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima - a parallel with Dominique Venner? The pagan "nobility" of suicide.
What Yukio Mishima Teaches Traditionalists by Daniel McCarthy - referring to Conservatives: don't despair of our corrupted, decadent age. Write about it by Tim Stanley
What Yukio Mishima Teaches Traditionalists by Daniel McCarthy - referring to Conservatives: don't despair of our corrupted, decadent age. Write about it by Tim Stanley
Sunday, August 04, 2013
Jack Donovan Interview
Art of Manliness: Podcast Episode 49 - mp3
Misc.
The Map of Human Character by Will Durant
The Myth of the Fifties: The Permissive Society by Allan C. Carlson
Crowding Out Virtues: A conversation with Michael J. Sandel.
Misc.
The Map of Human Character by Will Durant
The Myth of the Fifties: The Permissive Society by Allan C. Carlson
Crowding Out Virtues: A conversation with Michael J. Sandel.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, June 06, 2013
A New Book by John Senior
The Remnant: The Remnant Press is Proud to Announce Publication of Our Newest Title
The Remnants: The Final Essays of John Senior
Foreword by Andrew Senior
The Remnants: The Final Essays of John Senior
Foreword by Andrew Senior
Monday, June 03, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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