Chris Fleming
@chrisfleming.bsky.social
Historian of Economic Thought and Social Science, Constitutional Political Economy, and Economics & Religion
Yep. Though I do think the Foucault on meaning being anchored by power is a good approximation in many respects. Scott's whole Seeing Like a State and the imposition of intelligibility, for instance
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yep. Though I do think the Foucault on meaning being anchored by power is a good approximation in many respects. Scott's whole Seeing Like a State and the imposition of intelligibility, for instance
This is why I brought up the interesting conclusions about reading scripture. So for Derrida we only have a concept of a thing (like justice) because we were taught the word. Without the word the concept dissolves
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is why I brought up the interesting conclusions about reading scripture. So for Derrida we only have a concept of a thing (like justice) because we were taught the word. Without the word the concept dissolves
Hard-line postmodernists like Derrida and Foucault would disagree with the first post about concepts and ideas
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hard-line postmodernists like Derrida and Foucault would disagree with the first post about concepts and ideas
People use the "linguistic meaning doesn't exist" thing as a shorthand critique but yeah "language has no objective meaning" is way more accurate. It's anti-essentialism. It does have interesting conclusions wrt reading scripture
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People use the "linguistic meaning doesn't exist" thing as a shorthand critique but yeah "language has no objective meaning" is way more accurate. It's anti-essentialism. It does have interesting conclusions wrt reading scripture
Oh for sure just general life advice now. It's after 1 am
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Oh for sure just general life advice now. It's after 1 am
I think his critiques are much more applicable to music designed for mass consumption. But I will say after I read him on the subject there are certain songs I won't listen to anymore because they draw me back to memories that aren't conducive to my life now. Nostalgia can be a disease.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I think his critiques are much more applicable to music designed for mass consumption. But I will say after I read him on the subject there are certain songs I won't listen to anymore because they draw me back to memories that aren't conducive to my life now. Nostalgia can be a disease.
He didn't just think rock music was "bad liturgy." He thought it was "bad for the soul" because it dissolves the rational self. So, the theory of what music does to humans is general, even if the strict rules of sobria ebrietas are specific to the Mass.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
He didn't just think rock music was "bad liturgy." He thought it was "bad for the soul" because it dissolves the rational self. So, the theory of what music does to humans is general, even if the strict rules of sobria ebrietas are specific to the Mass.
I agree on the sobria ebrietas claim. Liturgy definitely has a stricter filter because it serves Jesus directly. But I’d argue his critique of "Dionysian" music wasn't just about liturgical propriety. He was making an anthropological claim.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I agree on the sobria ebrietas claim. Liturgy definitely has a stricter filter because it serves Jesus directly. But I’d argue his critique of "Dionysian" music wasn't just about liturgical propriety. He was making an anthropological claim.
It was tailored to liturgical music but it was based on an aesthetic theory that applies to all music. What he believed makes music "good" is matter of truth, not taste which makes it applicable to secular music regardless of purpose.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It was tailored to liturgical music but it was based on an aesthetic theory that applies to all music. What he believed makes music "good" is matter of truth, not taste which makes it applicable to secular music regardless of purpose.
Sure. My point is that even the Pope wasn't trying to tell everyone to stop listening. Though he did have a theory of music that excluded perhaps most secular and many forms of liturgical music
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sure. My point is that even the Pope wasn't trying to tell everyone to stop listening. Though he did have a theory of music that excluded perhaps most secular and many forms of liturgical music
BXVI made a similar argument that he wasn't a fan of certain secular music because it can draw you back rather than lead you forward but he offered that as a personal opinion
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
BXVI made a similar argument that he wasn't a fan of certain secular music because it can draw you back rather than lead you forward but he offered that as a personal opinion
Also yeah the current event is so convoluted I refuse to follow along
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also yeah the current event is so convoluted I refuse to follow along
For some reason I never find these conversations come off right in DC. Hard to believe the daughter of a demon lord would be worried about evacuation plans
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
For some reason I never find these conversations come off right in DC. Hard to believe the daughter of a demon lord would be worried about evacuation plans
Geezalou he's fallen off.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Geezalou he's fallen off.
Ah well they went with flipping Nancy Mace so they don't have the numbers anyway
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ah well they went with flipping Nancy Mace so they don't have the numbers anyway
From what I can tell the NCB is a midpoint between the RSV and the NAB. In college (went to Loyola New Orleans) we used NRSV. This new Bible translation that's been proposed sounds like it wants to be a Catholic version of that without being the NRSVCE
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
From what I can tell the NCB is a midpoint between the RSV and the NAB. In college (went to Loyola New Orleans) we used NRSV. This new Bible translation that's been proposed sounds like it wants to be a Catholic version of that without being the NRSVCE
I think Didache is Midwest Theological Forum? Anyway, the main difference isn't removing thee and thou and elevating Catholic translations from footnote to text. Relatively minor differences. In elementary school we used the New Catholic Bible St. Joseph Edition.
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I think Didache is Midwest Theological Forum? Anyway, the main difference isn't removing thee and thou and elevating Catholic translations from footnote to text. Relatively minor differences. In elementary school we used the New Catholic Bible St. Joseph Edition.
They don't have a monopoly. Ascension Press uses it for the great adventure Bible and the didache Bible uses it as well.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
They don't have a monopoly. Ascension Press uses it for the great adventure Bible and the didache Bible uses it as well.
I agree. Notable that Hahn's Ignatius Study Bible is the RSV2CE. It's kind of funny that the revision of the NABRE's Old Testament just finished only for it to be abandoned. Though I can't think of anyone who thinks fondly of the NABRE
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I agree. Notable that Hahn's Ignatius Study Bible is the RSV2CE. It's kind of funny that the revision of the NABRE's Old Testament just finished only for it to be abandoned. Though I can't think of anyone who thinks fondly of the NABRE
He could also preempt the petition by having the rules committee pass its own version of the petition that does nothing and once it is put on the calendar, the original petition is ruled moot and removed from the calendar
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He could also preempt the petition by having the rules committee pass its own version of the petition that does nothing and once it is put on the calendar, the original petition is ruled moot and removed from the calendar
He can do what he did with the national emergency stuff and change the meaning of legislative day for the petition. The petition has to be on the calendar for seven legislative days before it gets a vote. The Republicans can pass a rule that every day only counts as one day for the petition
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
He can do what he did with the national emergency stuff and change the meaning of legislative day for the petition. The petition has to be on the calendar for seven legislative days before it gets a vote. The Republicans can pass a rule that every day only counts as one day for the petition