The Genealogies of Modernity Journal
What Were the Women Up To?
While Benjamin Lipscomb cannot be criticized for failing to say everything relevant on this history, it is worth noting that there may be a richer and longer history to be told here.
Nicholas Sparks reviews The Women Are Up to Something
Nuclear Counterfactuals: Part II
Truman’s decision was an inevitably flawed human attempt to come to grips with a wicked problem, in the absence of perfect knowledge and in the full knowledge that the stakes were world-historical in significance.
Andrew Latham on counterfactuals and the atom bomb
Hiroshima and Nuclear Counterfactuals
Counterfactual history allows us to sharpen our judgment by juxtaposing what did happen with what could have happened.
Andrew Latham on thinking through counterfactuals and the bombing of Hiroshima
Moving Altars from the Middle Ages to WWII
From the crusades to WWII, Catholic materiality in combat did not just serve the needs of the faithful but also anchored broader conceptualizations of what constituted “just warfare.”
Sarah Luginbill examines portable altars and the relation of war and religion
Finding Light in the Modern: Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
Franz kneels before the priest. It is nighttime and the cell is utterly dark save for one luminous candle. This is the light that shines in the darkness. And the darkness cannot overcome it.
Jeffrey Wald examines the power of cinema in the modern world.