Magazine - Critical History of 20th-Century Art by Donald Kuspit Introduction Twentieth Century Art: An Overview of Critical Opinion "The real problem of modernity is the problem of belief," writes Daniel Bell, the sociologist and political theorist. "To use an unfashionable term, it is a spiritual crisis, since the new anchorages have proved illusory and the old ones have become submerged. It is a situation which brings us back to nihilism; lacking a past or a future, there is only a void The question, of course, is whether these claims have any substance. For some, the "advances" of avant-garde art are inseparable from those of modern science and technology. I will argue that the irony of avant-garde art is that it transcends whatever it critiques, indicating that it is neither entirely of the modern world nor exactly art. But is the art of radical critique a true religion, however much it aims at transcendence of the world and itself? There are two particularly striking examples of this contradictory attitude to art.
Sumerian Mythology FAQ by Christopher Siren, 1992, 1994, 2000 cbsiren at alum dot mit dot edu This FAQ used to be posted on the third of every month to alt.mythology. An older text copy of this FAQ is available via anonymous ftp pending *.answers approval at: rtfm.mit.edu at /pub/usenet/news.answers/mythology/sumer-faq last changes: July 27, 2000: complete revision including incorporating Kramer's Sumerian Mythology and Black & Green's God's Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. Adapa (Dan Sullivan) has constructed a more complete Sumerian-English dictionary at: (Restored! I have constructed a rudimentary Sumerian-English, English Sumerian glossary using Kramer's The Sumerians and Jacobsen's Treasures of Darkness, although parties interested in the Sumerian language may be better served at the prior two pages. note: This FAQ is partly based on an anthropology paper which I wrote in 1992, using some of the sources detailed below. Contents: I. History Culture
TheHistoryNet | American History American History Death Stalks the Capital Jeanne Abrams | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:57 pm A deadly epidemic in Philadelphia shut down the nation’s business and taught Americans an important lesson: Good health is good policy Encounter: Robert E. Peter Carlson | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:55 pm The senator began his interrogation with an innocuous question: "Where is your present residence?" Here is Where: Holding the Fort in San Antonio Andrew Carroll | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:53 pm The Alamo, built in the 18th century from locally quarried limestone, rests deep in the heart of Texas. Table of Contents - February 2015 American History magazine American History magazine | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:51 pm Click to subscribe to American History magazine Features Robber Baron Turned Robin Hood Andrew Carnegie squeezed every bit of profit out of his business ventures and the workers who made them run. Washington's First Thanksgiving Last Call: Vocal Virtuoso David J.
Fall from Grace: Arming America and the Bellesiles Scandal by James Lindgren Before there was a scandal, there was a book - Michael A. Bellesiles's Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. Arming America is a well-written and compelling story of how early Americans were largely unfamiliar with guns until the approach of the Civil War. It tells a wide-ranging, detailed, but relatively unnuanced story of gunlessness in early America. Bellesiles writes: "The vast majority of those living in British North American colonies had no use for firearms, which were costly, difficult to locate and maintain, and expensive to use." His primary evidence was low counts of guns in probate records, gun censuses, militia muster records, and homicide accounts. According to Bellesiles, in early America there were very few guns. Unfortunately, except for the last claim of militia ineffectiveness, all 15 of these major contentions of Arming America turn out to be false. In this review article, I examine the following questions: How Common Was Gun Ownership?
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Exploring Africa Crossroads The Gun Count That Won't Add Up The Gun Count That Won’t Add Up When Michael Bellesiles’ book on gun ownership in colonial America was published about a year ago, it seemed odd, slight, skewed. Even if its revisionist contention that few Americans owned guns before the Civil War were true and impeccably documented, that is hardly the stuff of a Eureka moment. Bellesiles, a history professor at Emory University, had his book–Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture–published by Alfred A. "This is the N.R.A.’s worst nightmare," the book’s jacket copy asserted. Gun-control advocates slavered over the new tin grail in their insufferable quest to convince us that the Second Amendment couldn’t possibly mean what it says. Eloquent, rave reviews flowed. In an academic culture of more authorities than subjects, skeptical historians with their own knowledge of the period began to question Professor Bellesiles’ research. Our government policies are corrupt, say some professors. What does Professor Bellesiles say?
Add some #digitalhistory to your class | Stillwater Historians It’s the first week the semester up here in the snowy north and classes are underway. I’m teaching four this semester: two are small, great books courses in the Honors College and two are larger, focused on the state and cover a range of topics. This week I talked about the Aeneid, Nietzsche’s “Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense” and Maine’s open land tradition and it’s only Thursday! Next week it will be Zimbardo, Weber, more Aeneid, and Maine geology. I use lots of examples and show students lots of visuals in my History, Sociology, Honors and Maine Studies courses and I am always on the lookout for interesting ideas and new ways to present information. I really like having students think through the use of “tools.” In honor of January being Digital Humanities Month here at Stillwater Historians I thought I would share a few examples of digital work that I introduce my students to and find particularly useful in a range of classes. 1. 2. 3. Like this: Like Loading...
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