Pathways

Each month we keep track of the different paths modern life is taking and how writers are keeping up. Here are some routes we found in October on our modern life.

Are we seeing the end of Catholic schools, an essential American institution? National Affairs

For alternative modernity, we are going to need an alternative hedonism. Church Life Journal

Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End is an essential modern novel and a goodbye to a traditional way of life. New Criterion

Social media is radically reshaping our world. We need to reshape it. The New Atlantis

Want to understand the present? Then we need to delve into the deep past. The Guardian

Should we be reading Hannah Arendt’s books, or her life? The Critic

We need a better history of chastity. The New York Review of Books