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Posted on September 15, 2018

Russian Modernism and Byzantine Iconography – another false dichotomy

A recurrent pattern in the history of ideas is a dominant narrative creating dichotomies that, at the time, did not exist. I have blogged about these before – false tension…

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Posted on July 12, 2018

The wisdom of silence

Adam de Ville has a particularly good post on Eastern Christian Books on Terry Eagleton’s book on sacrifice. This is an especially rich post covering a range of topics… but…

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Posted on March 14, 2018March 14, 2018

Review of Oliver Sacks, “The River of Consciousness”, TLS 13th March 2018

Originally posted on A Medical Education:
I have a review in the current TLS of Oliver Sacks’ essay collection, “The River of Consciousness” . The full article is subscriber only…

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Posted on December 31, 2017December 31, 2017

“someone who is abnormally normal” – Christopher Bollas, Adam deVille, social media, and the “normotic” self

Adam de Ville, who who I have linked to before, has a fascinating post on Christopher Bollas, and how he (deVille) came to an appreciation of the enduring insights of…

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Posted on August 10, 2017August 11, 2017

Nabokov and Freud

From Strong Opinions, Interview: 6 “Strong Opinions” is a collection of interviews with Nabokov. I have blogged before about rediscovering my love of Nabokov in recent years, following falling a…

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Posted on April 28, 2017January 2, 2018

Adam deVille on failing to understand Marx and Freud

A month ago I featured long segments from a post by Adam DeVille on the romanticisation of monasticism. Again, here is another post worth reading in full. What makes this post important…

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Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

Nthposition review of The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universes, 2004

 One of the most memorable books I reviewed for nthposition. I have written before that time has modified some of my judgments, usually tempering enthusiasms a little. The years since have…

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Posted on April 23, 2016

Sleep and dreams

One of my interests is sleep. Some of this is personal; I  used to think I was a “bad sleeper”, until I discovered that thinking you are a bad sleeper makes…

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