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The Parasocial Generation

When Technoblade, a popular Minecraft streamer, announced his cancer diagnosis in August 2021, the outpouring of support was immense. Though millions of viewers had never met him in person,. The post The Parasocial Generation appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Living with Wittgenstein

In the autumn of 1944, Ludwig Wittgenstein noticed a young doctoral student in attendance at his lectures at the University of Cambridge. She was “a woman, Mrs so and so who calls herself Miss Anscombe. The post Living with Wittgenstein appeared first on First Things

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How to Write a Russian Novel

The Prodigal of Leningradby daniel taylorparaclete press, 256 pages, $21.99 There is of course no generic “Russian novel.” Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy; Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, Sinyavsky/Tertz; the Strugatsky brothers: all Russian. The post How to Write a Russian Novel appeared first on First Things

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A Small Hotel in Florence

Two twin-like English sisters ran the place. When we checked in, one asked, “Is it the case . .” The other finished, “It’s your honeymoon?” It was. They handed. The post A Small Hotel in Florence appeared first on First Things

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Knausgaard’s Mephistopheles

The School of Night:A Novelby karl ove knausgaardtranslated by martin aitkenpenguin, 512 pages, $32.00 Back in college, one of my literature professors once remarked that the first hundred pages. The post Knausgaard’s Mephistopheles appeared first on First Things

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Politics

The Case for Christian Nationalism

Recent polling paints a disturbing picture: Fewer than half of Gen-Z Americans are extremely or very proud of their country. There’s little doubt that relentless indoctrination in anti-American ideologies. The post The Case for Christian Nationalism appeared first on First Things

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The Spiritual Windfall of AI

The twentieth century was not particularly kind to blue-collar workers—or God. The Industrial Revolution and the stock we place in science devalued both the manual laborer and his old-fashioned. The post The Spiritual Windfall of AI appeared first on First Things

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James Talarico’s Backward Christianity

James Talarico wants to “reclaim Christianity for the left.” That’s the title of the New York Times interview with Talarico—currently running for Senate in Texas—and the phrasing is revealing. The post James Talarico’s Backward Christianity appeared first on First Things

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Restoring Man at Notre Dame

It is fascinating to be an outsider on the inside of an institution going through times of trouble. It is akin to having a backstage pass to a Police. The post Restoring Man at Notre Dame appeared first on First Things

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The New Anti-Semitism

The rise of a new right-coded anti-Semitism might have been dismissed as an ephemeral murmur of the too-online right just a few months ago; it was largely masked by. The post The New Anti-Semitism appeared first on First Things

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