The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
A Quote From Karl Barth's Commentary on the Book of Romans
"They know the COSMOS to be theirs: they seek to find their rest in Nature and in History. But instead, with fatal necessity, they discover everywhere - their own unquiet."
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Book List
I'm building a collection of books in a new genre of history sometimes referred to as Transference Studies, Reception History, or the History of Consequences. So far I have Ratner-Rosenhagen's "American Nietzsche" (Thank you babe!), George Cotkin's "Existential America", Martin Woessner's, "Heidegger in America", and Francois Cusset's "French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, & CO. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States."
Future titles I'm hoping to acquire include:
Lawrence A. Scaff, "Max Weber in America"
James Ceasar, "Reconstructing America: The Symbol of America in Modern Thought"
Richard Wrightman Fox, "Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession"
David Armitage, "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History"
Steven Biel, "American Gothic: A Life of America’s Most Famous Painting"
Carl Degler, "In Search of Human Nature"
Robert Darnton, "Readers Respond to Rousseau"
Sudarshan Kapur, "Rasin Up a Prophet: The African-American Encounter with Gandhi"
Cynthia Eagle Rusett, "Darwin in America: The Intellectual Response"
Hofstadter, "Social Darwinism in American Thought"
Henry Jenkins, "Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture"
J. Rodden, "The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of 'St. George' Orwell"
Goetzmann, "The American Hegelians"
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