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Tag Archives: postmodernism
Clown World Watch: Notre Dame Edition
Blowhard, Esq. writes: What did I say.
Posted in Architecture, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics
Tagged modernism, Norman Foster, Notre Dame, postmodernism
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Advance to Barbarism, A Continuing Series
Blowhard, Esq. writes: As soon as I heard about the fire at Notre Dame, I said to friends that two things would happen: 1) this would kick off a decade of political wrangling over what to do about the damaged structure, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Politics and Economics
Tagged modernism, Notre Dame, Paul Schrader, postmodernism, progressives
3 Comments
The Emperor Has White Paint
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A few months ago, when I was at the Whitney museum, I was confronted by this masterpiece: But maybe there’s something really deep going on in this work that I just don’t understand. Do you find this … Continue reading
Quote Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Post-Modern Left imagines a system of 'systemic oppression' so devious that it allows every adult to vote, own property, work any job, move anywhere, marry anyone, learn anything, and say anything. — Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) November … Continue reading
Notes on Stephen Hicks’s “Explaining Postmodernism”
The Mistaken writes: Explaining Postmodernism is the clearest book I’ve read on postmodern theory and how it fits into our current political climate. Stephen Hicks is a professor of philosophy at Rockford University in Illinois, with a PhD in Philosophy … Continue reading
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Modernism: Making every place the same place for over a century.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged glass boxes, Globalization, modernism, postmodernism, the powers that be
2 Comments
Listing Books: Anti-Modernism
Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s funny how after over a century of a near-stranglehold on elite sensibilities, modernism refuses to give an inch in the art world. Whether in novels, gallery art, architecture, fashion, or music, the implicit (or even at times, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Education, History, Philosophy and Religion
Tagged modernism, postmodernism, traditionalism
7 Comments
Juxtaposin’: Stairs
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Broad Museum, modernism, postmodernism, stairs, traditionalism
4 Comments
Ideas So Stupid Only An Intellectual Would Believe Them, A Continuing Series
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via this essay, time to add another entry to my Enemies List — David Shields: These books made David Shields’s “Reality Hunger” (2010) seem prescient. An earnest “manifesto” against the traditional novel (which Shields finds “unbelievably predictable, tired, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged David Shields, modernism, New Yorker, postmodernism, traditionalism
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Architecture Du Jour: Juxtaposin’
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Callowman, the proposed design for the Italian pavilion at Expo 2015.
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