At War with the Word, The Assault on the New Critics' Formalism

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  • @claudette4113
    @claudette4113 8 місяців тому +1

    I agree that it is a war against Christ. Thanks for stating that Dr Masson.

  • @enlighteneddespot9359
    @enlighteneddespot9359 8 місяців тому +1

    That man baby might be Aquinas' kid brother

  • @TheLookingGlassAU
    @TheLookingGlassAU 8 місяців тому +1

    I had no idea B F Skinner interacted with C S Lewis!
    Your comments regarding the observation that texts lead to other texts and the link to freedom and the Christian stewardship of defending virtues and western literature (I'll have to watch this lecture a few more times) really hit home to me.
    Same with the Gnostic threat and the demonic underpinning.

  • @andreyrussian2480
    @andreyrussian2480 8 місяців тому +1

    Who explains the oneness of ideas and forms - freedom or virtue - rules the world. But there is the third way to know - follow the appropriate music in art rather than reading and criticizing form and idea of the art.

    • @LitProf
      @LitProf  8 місяців тому

      Music is a form of knowing through number. We acknowledge its beauty without further proof.
      But bad music - though it can just be ignored (the best form of refutation) needs to be demonstrated through words.

  • @jimsteele9559
    @jimsteele9559 7 місяців тому +1

    I liked the interpretation of the Romantic painting except his oneness with Nature. I always thought or sensed that there is turbulence and moody uncertainty coming through the man in his relationship to the fog and the landscape. Not a sense of oneness or peace. Slightly disturbed I think. Like he wants to be one with it but can’t hack it. Which is what I think of most Romantics, they say they love Nature but I get no sense they even understand Nature. If they did, they would see that Nature is the ultimate oppressor and eventually kills us all. On the other hand, I could be wrong.

  • @dadsonworldwide3238
    @dadsonworldwide3238 8 місяців тому +1

    Demetri Mendelov creater of our modern periodic tables attempt to keep chemistry on par with physics in opposition to British & Germans at the time is where we seem to get our grade school pyramid that removes the logos and officially places physics as the foundational pillar. Individual observers gets bumped along with the word. This seems to be something about usa not liked by our allys across the pond.
    Demetri miss diagnosed he just wanted to ensure the old natural form shape horizontal determistic linear timeline was followed it didn't change that in the end.
    But I don't think in America this new eclesatical academic nationally is imposed until 1980s reforms.
    It's loosely in curriculum but I don't think large parts of America was following the 1945 Smith_mundt act self sacrificing the word ,prayer ,God in school to desperately try to defend from spread of marxist indoctrination through the schools. .
    This back fired big time obviously. Short term good long term bad. Just as Clinton removal in schools was bad the for 2 decades but now is allowing Christian private schools to access ,homeschooling to work.

    • @dadsonworldwide3238
      @dadsonworldwide3238 8 місяців тому +1

      Usa bill of rights, constitution and granting individuals masters is something uk and Europe doesn't seem to like about the association between the word & way classical American christians association with this is.
      This may be internal religiously & politically driven .
      It does stress the nicean creed trinity and seema very close to theosis if you miss speak or miss read it .
      Catholics always seem to be taught how to navigate this in America as if extremely important to them to do so.
      Obviously any organized faith mediating on behalf of the individual in a dualism is going to struggle with triality of self philosophy that is very loaded with theological ontology

    • @LitProf
      @LitProf  8 місяців тому +1

      This is a very interesting illustration. Where would I read more about it?

    • @dadsonworldwide3238
      @dadsonworldwide3238 8 місяців тому

      @@LitProf wiki perodic table
      The Smith_mundt act
      I'm pretty sure you know the classical observer Newtons influences on how the classical American theological development of the time in how they climb out platos dualistic chaldean cave analogy from a scientific & logical philosophical way.
      Getting triality of liberalism within one's not a physical prescription.
      Justifying that Ben Franklin systems was all that matters on a vertical time axis even though every mechanic works with the same atoms they must rationalize them differently to maximize benefits.
      This probably leads to why Ben Franklin dad didn't send him to Europe to do abstract education on that old theoretical horizontal hamiltonian timeline.
      As you pointed out before it very fair to say America lived on a vertical axis realism here and now only putting courts ,Jesus or the word on what stand the test of time . But viewed ape ancestors and bubble multi verses as one and the same old pagan worlds mythological time line. Lol
      No ultraism or utopianism. No Devine right to rule. Pulled works and deterministic beliefs out as much as they could seeing it as much of the problems in Europe or even early witch trials in Salem lol

    • @dadsonworldwide3238
      @dadsonworldwide3238 8 місяців тому

      John Wesley and other movements really work off this ability to have immigration leaving Presbyterian, catholic or Anglican behind starting new finding the faithful solice in the land of the free ,idea of granted mastership over the state was a lofty goal but of course some of this is not liked by powers in Europe or the organized faiths.
      You have these peasants skeptical of hierarchy reluctant about imposing physical prescriptiona upon one another because they know it's hard to distinguish between where physicalism begins or ends and subject to change without further notice which is threatening to uk & Europe who only spends what 2 weeks in classical liberalism in France before jumping into socialism. .
      Now they've dragged usa there as well.

    • @dadsonworldwide3238
      @dadsonworldwide3238 8 місяців тому

      Unfortunately Harvard's been kmow to bury our pragmatic past works in the basements lol.
      Don't get me wrong I have a strong affinity towards all these traditions and people but your vertical axis of time & horizontal axis is a big factor and perfect way to speak on this influence on usa specifically.
      It's part of the deterministic movements and old world views .
      Add to usa the large Italian and Jewish immigration pre world wars and its not the same voting blocks appreciation for as written bills rights or constitution or the way of life really expressed prior in America.