Excited for the next edition! Particularly interested in learning more about Columbus' prophesies, which I had no idea existed.
I think Graeber and Wengrow's argument about the reactionary nature of the enlightenment is a great structure, or at least an interesting one, for understanding some of the formation of Qanon etc. as well. Like, the impulse to create an entire philosophical framework around avoiding uncomfortable criticism about the basic structure of society seems like a fairly consistent throughline for many of the qanon/mystical right-wing sorta ideology, and of course is the foundation for much of western thought (apologies if you already made this exact argument elsewhere lol, it just occurred to me).
It's at least helped me to understand a few of the many threads you've written about as differing manifestations of a strong undercurrent in thought since the enlightenment.
Excited for the next edition! Particularly interested in learning more about Columbus' prophesies, which I had no idea existed.
I think Graeber and Wengrow's argument about the reactionary nature of the enlightenment is a great structure, or at least an interesting one, for understanding some of the formation of Qanon etc. as well. Like, the impulse to create an entire philosophical framework around avoiding uncomfortable criticism about the basic structure of society seems like a fairly consistent throughline for many of the qanon/mystical right-wing sorta ideology, and of course is the foundation for much of western thought (apologies if you already made this exact argument elsewhere lol, it just occurred to me).
It's at least helped me to understand a few of the many threads you've written about as differing manifestations of a strong undercurrent in thought since the enlightenment.