Saving Face
The face we present to the world is the primary signifier we possess.
Why American Conservatives Get Viktor Orbán So Wrong
by
Adam Kovach
Posted on September 14, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Dallas, Texas, August 4, 2022. MTI/Vivien Cher Benko.
Viktor Orbán has become a canvas for the projection of hopes and fears about the future of democracy in the West.
In Praise of Bewilderment
Posted on August 24, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: “States of Mind III; Those Who Stay” by Umberto Boccioni, 1911 [via Wikimedia Commons].
You can trade false simplicity for complicated truth.
Reaching the Adjacent
Are we willing to undertake the long, slow work of persuasion in a time of the politics of personal destruction?
A Fragile Future for Democracy
Posted on August 10, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: Capitol riots, January 6, 2021; Pacific Press Media Production Corp. / Alamy Stock Photo
It is my belief that rapid technological “progress” will always threaten a culture with social regress, and that mitigating that threat should be a priority.
In the Ruins of Western Civilization
Posted on July 28, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: Byzantine mosaic, Gaziantep Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey; Shutterstock.
We can learn from the outdated Western Civ model, even as we transcend it.
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