Tag: Senior Contributors
Virgil Thomson on Music and Culture ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Michael de Sapio As a composer Virgil Thomson was a minor master, but his critical prose ranks with some of the best writing on music in English… — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/09/virgil-thomson-music-culture-michael-de-sapio.html
Timelessness and “Times Square” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Joseph Pearce “Times Square and Other Stories” by William Baer, a man and writer who is truly alive in the presence of the past, is storytelling at its best, both compelling and contemplative. Those who take up this volume will be changed for… Continue Reading “Timelessness and “Times Square” ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
The Lost Boys of the Modern West ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Glenn Arbery If I had to speculate about why more young men are succumbing to nihilism in the culture at large, I would guess that our curriculum has something to say about it. Perhaps young men feel dishonored when the prevailing feminist ideologies that… Continue Reading “The Lost Boys of the Modern West ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
O Brave New Disney World: Progressivism & Utopianism ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Dwight Longenecker The next utopia will simply be a new way of life—a “new world order” if you like. It will guarantee the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people through progress and pragmatic solutions. Moral considerations will not apply. — Read… Continue Reading “O Brave New Disney World: Progressivism & Utopianism ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
The Importance of the Underworld ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Dwight Longenecker The mythic theme of descent to the underworld is virtually universal. The hero journeys to the underworld to confront the monster, then returns with the prize. That the hero must go down into the depths to battle the dark forces seems… Continue Reading “The Importance of the Underworld ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Parable & Middle-Earth: “The Good News of the Return of the King” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Bradley J. Birzer Michael Jahosky argues in his new book that J.R.R. Tolkien engaged in the telling of a parable, and that the great author wanted to create Christian art and mythology, not Christian propaganda… — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/08/good-news-return-king-michael-jahosky-bradley-birzer.html
The God of Philosophy or the God of Faith? ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Michael De Sapio Spinoza has appeared to build upon the edifice of the ancients and the medieval scholastics, but he has actually taken the floor out from under us, so that “God” and “man” no longer mean quite what they did. — Read… Continue Reading “The God of Philosophy or the God of Faith? ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
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