Postmodernism, the school of “thought” that proclaimed “There are no truths, only interpretations” has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it has left behind a generation of academics in the humanities disabled by their distrust of the very idea of truth and their disrespect for evidence, settling for “conversations” in which nobody is wrong and nothing can be confirmed, only asserted with whatever style you can muster.
Tag: 09.11.13
The Minnesota Orchestra’s Inexplicable Impass
“If musician salaries are the problem, the management just saved a whole year of costs by depriving the community of music through the lockout. Isn’t it time for enough to be enough?”
The Louvre Has A Ticket Forgery Problem
“Museum staff last month began noticing that several dozen Chinese tourists with tour groups held counterfeit tickets ‘of a strange consistency, [with] poor paper quality and ink that hadn’t set properly’ … Later in August better-quality forged items began appearing with serial numbers – exact copies of the museum’s entry tickets.”
Madrid’s Teatro Real Replaces Cancer-Stricken Director Gerard Mortier
“The opera house Teatro Real put an end on Wednesday to an unusually public and tense leadership dispute by replacing Gerard Mortier as its artistic director with Joan Matabosch.”
Gideon Obarzanek To Return To Sydney Dance Co. After Two-Decade Absence
SDC artistic director Rafael Bonachela has invited Obarzanek, who left the company to launch the leading Melbourne contemporary dance troupe, Chunky Move, to choreograph a work he hopes “will challenge dancers who have hitherto not been called on to work with speech and strong narratives, two hallmarks of Obarzanek’s work.”
Ailing Claudio Abbado Pulls Out Of Japan Tour
“Citing ill health, the Italian conductor Claudio Abbado has canceled plans to conduct a series of concerts in Japan this fall with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra – including one at an inflatable concert hall in Matsushima that was to be dedicated to a region recovering from the 2011 earthquake.”
How Gothic Architecture Took Over American College Campuses
“A little more than a century ago, there was no cachet in being an ‘old college,’ and there was little cachet, too, in having the old architecture to match it. But a combination of forces – some cultural, some economic – transformed the appearance of American institutions, and made the modern-day college campus take its contemporary appearance and mythology.”
A Brief History Of The Middle Finger
“Last night, Anthony Weiner ended his disastrous run for mayor with a crude gesture at a reporter. Political wisdom of the act aside, it turns out that raising the middle finger – flipping the bird, as it’s commonly known – has a surprisingly complex history.”
If Hollywood Made A Trailer For Monty Python And The Holy Grail Today
It would probably look like this.
A Major Major Boost For Playwrights
“As of this year they are among the most lucrative awards for writers — and it is now the biggest one targeted for playwrights, with each writer receiving a no-strings $150,000.”