Rosenstock and Hegel

by Peter J. Leithart

Was Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy a “neo-Hegelian philosopher”? Continue Reading »

4 May 2015 0

Gay Marriage and Biopolitical Tyranny

by Peter J. Leithart

Gay marriage is part of a statist drive to destroy mediating social institutions. Continue Reading »

4 May 2015 0

Love, Tristan Style

by Peter J. Leithart

Gottfried's Tristan lays out a mysticism of love. Continue Reading »

1 May 2015 0

Fated Adventure

by Peter J. Leithart

Fate drives epic heroes to their ends. Continue Reading »

1 May 2015 0

Siegfried in Victory and Defeat

by Peter J. Leithart

German use of the Nibelungenlied epic varied with the changing fortunes of Germany. Continue Reading »

1 May 2015 0

Wagner, Tristan, Love

by Peter J. Leithart

Did Wagner think eros a form of self-dissolving death? Continue Reading »

1 May 2015 0

Art of Divine Love

by Peter J. Leithart

Courtly love under divine judgment. Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2015 0

Liberal Arts in Middle Ages

by Peter J. Leithart

Liberal arts in the medieval world. Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2015 0

Allegorizing Homer

by Peter J. Leithart

In allegorizing ancient myths, medievals were following ancient pagan models. Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2015 0

Double Coding

by Peter J. Leithart

For medievals, sacred and secular didn't occupy two realms but interacted constantly, the sacred setting the terms of the encounter. Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2015 0