Interesting blog on modern fantasy, by Mark Lawrence the author of
The Broken Empire series: Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns, Emperor of Thorns, & Prince of Fools.
Mark Lawrence: Fantasy: What's new?: Modern fantasy has increasingly taken the war between good and evil away from elves and orcs, staging it instead within an individual's skull. ....
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Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Norse Mythology Blog: INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER SNOOK (AMERICAN HEATHENS),...
The Norse Mythology Blog: INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER SNOOK (AMERICAN HEATHENS),...: American Heathens by Jennifer Snook
Sociologist Jennifer Snook's groundbreaking new book,
American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement
Description
American Heathens is the first in-depth ethnographic study about the largely misunderstood practice of American Heathenry (Germanic Paganism). Jennifer Snook—who has been Pagan since her early teens and a Heathen since eighteen—traces the development and trajectory of Heathenry as a new religious movement in America, one in which all identities are political and all politics matter.
Snook explores the complexities of pagan reconstruction and racial, ethnic and gender identity in today’s divisive political climate. She considers the impact of social media on Heathen collectivities, and offers a glimpse of the world of Heathen meanings, rituals, and philosophy.
In American Heathens, Snook presents the stories and perspectives of modern practitioners in engaging detail. She treats Heathens as members of a religious movement, rather than simply a subculture reenacting myths and stories of enchantment. Her book shrewdly addresses how people construct ethnicity in a reconstructionist (historically-minded) faith system with no central authority.
Sociologist Jennifer Snook's groundbreaking new book,American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement
American Heathens is the first in-depth ethnographic study about the largely misunderstood practice of American Heathenry (Germanic Paganism). Jennifer Snook—who has been Pagan since her early teens and a Heathen since eighteen—traces the development and trajectory of Heathenry as a new religious movement in America, one in which all identities are political and all politics matter.
Snook explores the complexities of pagan reconstruction and racial, ethnic and gender identity in today’s divisive political climate. She considers the impact of social media on Heathen collectivities, and offers a glimpse of the world of Heathen meanings, rituals, and philosophy.
In American Heathens, Snook presents the stories and perspectives of modern practitioners in engaging detail. She treats Heathens as members of a religious movement, rather than simply a subculture reenacting myths and stories of enchantment. Her book shrewdly addresses how people construct ethnicity in a reconstructionist (historically-minded) faith system with no central authority.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Shelf Inflicted: THE SWERVE: How the World Became ModernStephen G...
Shelf Inflicted:
THE SWERVE: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Reviewed by Richard, 5* of five...
I found the above review to be a well written summary of how one example of a re-discovered poem from antiquity changed how we think today.
This review demonstrates how reading this book, and of reading the original poem De rerum natura by Lucretius to understand how the philosophy of the Humanists and the works of Epicurus are both important and relevant today.
Links:
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
THE SWERVE: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Reviewed by Richard, 5* of five...
I found the above review to be a well written summary of how one example of a re-discovered poem from antiquity changed how we think today.
This review demonstrates how reading this book, and of reading the original poem De rerum natura by Lucretius to understand how the philosophy of the Humanists and the works of Epicurus are both important and relevant today.
Links:
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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