Ernest Renan on the Concept of Nation: The Nation becomes tied to Race
ERNEST RENAN DETAILS IN 1882 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF NATION AND NATION TIED TO RACE AS A CONFUSION “Since the fall of the Roman Empire or, rather, since […]
J. Hector St. John on What Is An American
“Crèvecoeur’s answer to the question was flattering to Americans of his own day, and it still reverberates in a society that has never stopped asking the same question of itself.” […]
Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)
“Salve o popolo d’eroi (Hail, people of heroes), Salve o patria immortale (Hail, immortal Fatherland), Son rinati i figli tuoi (Your sons were born again), Con la fede e l’ideale […]
John Adams Letter to John Taylor: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” JOHN ADAMS (FIRST VPOTUS AND SECOND POTUS) […]
H.P. Blavatsky involvement in Italian Politics with Garibaldi and Mazzini, and the Carbonari’s Role in the Republican Revolutions
TO BE REWRITTEN TO ADD CARBONARI AND GARIBALDI HISTORY It is not enough to study history, but to make history, and the movers of history is a function we take […]
Late to the party… | A Look at Hayward’s Review: The Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood
“Unlike today’s liberals who quote his magnum opus, Wood does not think that America can return to its republican roots. He may be crying over spilled milk, but he has […]
Behind the Visual Propaganda of the ‘New Italian Woman’ in Fascism | Victoria de Grazia’s ‘How Fascism Ruled Women’
INTRODUCTION I was inspired to write this after reading the story behind Mussolini’s picture posing on the horse as if he was in action, and how he took the picture […]
Maria Carlson on the Influence of Theosophy on Russian Culture in the Russian Silver Age
Introduction The Esoteric Traditionand the Russian Silver Age “This study of the Russian Theosophical Movement seeks to restore an important missing piece of mosaic tile to the intricate design of […]
Gordon S. Wood on Republicanism and Monarchy in the Eighteenth-Century
“Educated people of varying political persuasions celebrated republicanism for its spirit, its morality, its freedom, its sense of friendship and duty, and its vision of society. Republicanism as a set […]
The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’
Posted updated 2/22/2021 Recommended Reading Alumbrado, Encyclopaedia Britannica, online. Camisard, Encyclopaedia Britannica, online. George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1914).
