by cutsinger | Jan 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tolkien was certainly a “traditionalist”, if by that term we mean a defender of things primordial, and therefore timeless, and hence a critic of the modern world—its philosophy, art, and politics. This is implicit in The Silmarillion and The Lord of...
by cutsinger | Jan 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
Not having read his Hermeneutics of the Subject, I was unaware of the way in which Foucault uses the terms metanoia and epistroph?. I assume he must be piggy-backing on Pierre Hadot’s excellent work (see my posts for 12 September and 15 September 2007)....
by cutsinger | Jan 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
I have a few inchoate ideas, but rather than attempting any sort of peremptory answer I’m going to put your query to the other readers of Anamnēsis. Perhaps an interesting observation or two will emerge, and then we can all compare notes. To be sure, it’s...
by cutsinger | Jan 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Warmest wishes for the New Year to you as well. Yes, I’m finally back, and grateful for your patience. December was a whirlwind of activity, and I’m afraid I ended up unconscionably behind on my email correspondence, and hence with nothing new to post here...
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