Ryan McDermott explains the evolution of biological genealogies

Timothy DeCelle explores Thomas Paine’s writings on wealth and poverty

Terence Sweeney allegorizes Magnasco’s painting, Satire on a Nobleman in Misery and finds a typology of genealogical approaches: Netzschean, Englightment, and Christian

Kirsten Hall explains how college survey courses don’t always get history right and finds the delightful oddities of the 18th Century

Timothy Barr muses on the music of Björk

Terence Sweeney critiques John Gray’s latest book

Tim Barr’s links for October.

Kirsten Hall compares 18th century hair trends with contemporary minimalist fashion

Terence Sweeney asks about the violent origins of modernity

Timothy Barr explores a hidden genealogy between two quotes from distant historical periods

Ryan McDermott discusses the evolution of European identity

Tim Barr’s links for September.

Ryan McDermott reflects on the writings of Rémi Brague

Tim Barr’s links for August

Maggie Slaughter explores queer temporalities

Gayle Rogers explains the need to separate modernity from ideas of rupture and dramatic change

Timothy Barr juxtaposes two quotes from distant historical periods

Tim Barr’s links for July

Last week concluded an excellent and stimulating third Genealogies of Modernity Seminar.

“If ‘modernity,’ for example is an egalitarian project, we can say that, to a certain extent, we have started to become modern. But, the increased accumulation of wealth in the hands of a small segment of the world’s population and the shrinking of the middle class would seem to testify that the ‘modern’ project has stopped or even reversed.”