Tag Archives: Theodore Dalrymple

utopia : bauhaus uber alles?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Dave

The Bauhaus as the end of art as a humanizing activity. Not even the marker of Benjamin’s messianic nihilism. Just the nihilism of barbarous anonymity. A lifeless black hole. Maybe, ultimately, Bauhaus is so anti-kitsch it is kitsch. Is the … Continue reading →

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london calling : crumb’s boswell journal

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Dave

Adult sexual obsession. A madness that is disquietingly normal. The madness of the ordinary.The kind of torment that completes itself in sexual obsession. There is something uncanny in Robert Crumb’s caricatures of James Boswell, something that connects bad and bawdy … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged charlotte ann burney, David Hume, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Fanny Burney, Henry Fielding, henry singleton, James Boswell, jay david bolter, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Lord Chesterfield, Pasquale Paoli, richard grusin, Robert Crumb, Theodore Dalrymple, walter pape | Leave a comment

COSTUME, CUSTOM and CONDUCT

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Dave

Since Roman times, Bath’s hot mineral springs have pumped a quarter of a million gallons of spring water a day at a steady temperature of 49°c. In 1708, Thomas Harrison built the Bath Assembly House, for which the public paid … Continue reading →

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SELF RESTRAINT TO SELF INDULGENCE

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Dave

”If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the … Continue reading →