Showing posts with label modernity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modernity. Show all posts

Sunday, August 04, 2013

From the Archives: Part 34 of The Self and its Sources




Kingship participated in the distinction between the sacred and the profane. The old sacred system is compromised by the effects of the Gospel. The novel as an early symptom of modernity reflects these effects.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

From the Archives: Crucial Choice Part 1 - Babette's Feast



This excerpt begins a series of talks Gil Bailie gave in 1993 under the title "Crucial Choice - Reflections on Isak Dinesen's 'Babette's Feast' and Flannery O'Connor's 'The Displaced Person' "