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Postmodernism

Rene Girard Victims
(Samantha Sophia)
Essays Philosophy 

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

August 6, 2019June 1, 2020 15 min read Charlie Deist 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)
Culture Interviews 

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

September 24, 2018May 19, 2021 18 min read Jeffrey Howard 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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“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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