Austin Stone

In lieu of debate spin (that post is still in the oven), I’d like to weigh in on the Postmodern Conservatism for Dummies thread, since Ms. Crum is right that we could stand to nail the concept down a little more. This stab won’t be nearly as comprehensive as Mr. Hancock’s, nor as . . . . Continue Reading »

I have heard your requests made for reading that might provide some background to the ideas I’m working out, and I gladly comply.  I have mentioned Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss - but the former is almost impossible (and evil, by the way, but also indispensible) and the latter himself . . . . Continue Reading »

Time for  a moment of self-promotion (not entirely shameless—-I’m mildly embarrassed). For those of you who haven’t yet read my short piece on the marriage of reductionist neuroscience and post-modern poetry here at Culture11 , there is also a much longer piece at The . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, not exactly, but if pretending to be part of a group is really the only way to express solidarity with anyone anymore, I guess I’ll roll with it. For those incurious souls who didn’t find it necessary to follow the CNN headline Blind Masseurs Jump from Bridge , the facts are . . . . Continue Reading »

The always provocative Charles Krauthammer recommends that we soften the blow of the unavoidable economic pain any responsible legislation will permit with a series of exemplary public hangings—-essentially a grand moment of collective catharsis. We’ll be able to take ownership for our . . . . Continue Reading »

Mornin’, friends and fans. It’s been a scary long time of silence at Postmodern Conservative. But as you can tell . . . we’ve relaunched. Bigger. Better. Stronger. Not necessarily  faster  in any way . . . because surely you’ll be spending a lot more time hanging . . . . Continue Reading »

The legendary Dr. Pat Deneen’s contribution to Culture11 today is about how the honorable McCain should encourage ordinary Americans to take personal responsibility for the financial crisis.  They should start living more frugally, with genuine self-restraint, and more ecologically in . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter probably has the right idea—it’s worth some effort kicking off the new blog by trying to hash out what postmodern conservatism means. I’ve been re-reading a lot of Christopher Lasch lately, especially the work following The Cutlure of Narcissism (1979) . Lasch argued for a . . . . Continue Reading »

Genuine diversity depends, of course, on lives formed by different understandings of the self or soul. Our tradition of diversity has been largely of diverse religious communities. Now we talk so much about diversity because we’re anxiously aware that we’re losing it. Diversity has . . . . Continue Reading »

Today Bill Kristol makes the argument that McCain’s bold move to suspend his campaign is meant  to depict himself as a decider versus a deliberator, not only distinguishing himself from Obama, the small time community organizer, but also the feckless weaver of empty speeches. In short, . . . . Continue Reading »