Ecce Homo
That Edvard Munch never met Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the great missed encounters of the modern age.
Prejudice and Place
If by “prejudice” Sandel means “subjective understanding,” then I’m not entirely sure it needs defending.
Innovation Is Not a Style: Considering Starchitecture and Locatecture
Posted on November 4, 2014
in THR Web Features
While architects like Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas despise the term starchitecture, it continues to bubble up in our celebrity obsessed culture. How does this term complicate how we talk about architecture and how we understand our cities?
Some Not-So-Scary Stories for Halloween
by
B.D. McClay
Posted on October 31, 2014
in THR Web Features
Image: Couple with a spirit in their car, William Hope; Wikimedia Commons.
Looking for some stories for Halloween? Start here.
The Hedgehog’s Array: October 31, 2014
Posted on October 31, 2014
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from last week.
Divided We (Barely) Stand
Brooks is persuasive about the pernicious consequences of partyism, but I find his explanation for it both baffling and incomplete.
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