Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics. Charles Péguy One of the lesser curses of our Age, ranking behind our materialism and worship of the self, has to be that hydra-headed monster we call Ideology. It is a pernicious passion, seeping into our brains and hearts, soiling all it encounters. At this time, my specific annoyance revolves around my having subscriptions to two journals which, to any objective observer, would seem to have succumbed to the ideological lure long ago. I was slow to perceive it, apparently. I no longer wish to receive them, and certainly do not intend to renew my subscriptions. But as each of them has the better part of a year to run, and will continue to arrive at my door for quite some time, I will have to substitute writing this rant until such time as I can have the satisfaction of not renewing my subscriptions.
Thanks for the shout-out. For the record, I disclaim psychic powers.
When I first encountered the expression Isms, it was in the title of a book "Today's ISMS." It took me a while to get around to reading the book, and in much of the meantime, I thought ISMS was the initials of some professional organization.
I must have gotten over that before reading it, though, or I surely never would have read it at all.
I'm curious what other serial publications you still follow. Nowadays, I subscribe to Plough and The Front Porch Republic and not much else.
Thanks for the shout-out. For the record, I disclaim psychic powers.
When I first encountered the expression Isms, it was in the title of a book "Today's ISMS." It took me a while to get around to reading the book, and in much of the meantime, I thought ISMS was the initials of some professional organization.
I must have gotten over that before reading it, though, or I surely never would have read it at all.
It seems our current culture is enslaved to "binary": choices, political positions, and gender/sexuality identifications. Sigh.