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Postmodernism

Rene Girard Victims
(Samantha Sophia)
Essays Featured Philosophy 

René Girard’s Map to Meaning: We’re All Victim(izer)s

August 6, 2019June 1, 2020 Charlie Deist 0 Comments Christianity, Myth, Polarization, Postmodernism

As we try to align ourselves closely with the true victims, René Girard shows how the ancient scapegoat ruse leads us to meaningful compassion.

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Awakening the Soul Challenge to Life in the Post-truth World Erraticus Image by Igor Miske
(Igor Miske)
Interviews Society & Culture 

‘Awakening the Soul’: One Man’s Challenge to the Post-truth World

September 24, 2018March 27, 2021 Jeffrey Howard 0 Comments Climate Change, Environmentalism, Myth, Polarization, Postmodernism, Truth

A new book protests the postmodernist refutations of shared truth and grand narratives—we struggle because we lack story and soul.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, taking a pragmatic approach to ideas. We care about ideas that help us to live well together, focusing on their practical consequences.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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