Tag Archives: Hannah Arendt

Hard Reading and Hip Hop After Humanity: A Review of Michael Ward’s Guide to C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here, but it took me a long time to “get” what C.S. Lewis was doing in The Abolition of Man. It’s the kind of book that gets name-dropped by columnists, philosophers, theologians, and–knowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Albert Camus, Ayn Rand, C.S. Lewis, cultural criticism, Hannah Arendt, Hip Hop, Malcolm Guite, Michael Ward, Shad, TAO, technocracy, The Abolition of Man | 11 Comments

The 7 Least Popular Posts (That I Still Think Were Pretty Good)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s fun to make “Best of” lists, like my “7 Super Awesome Posts of 2014.” The poison ivy of the WordPress statistics forest, however, is that you also know what posts were almost completely ignored. Some of these least viewed … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Andrew Garfield, art, Banality of Evil, Charles Williams, creation, creation care, Discworld, evil, Hannah Arendt, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, Terry Pratchett, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf | 5 Comments

The Banality of Evil: A Thought by Terry Pratchett

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

“The Banality of Evil” is a phrase by Hannah Arendt in her book, Eichmann in Jerusalem. The idea emerged out of the aftermath of WWII, as the public slowly came to consciousness about the Holocaust. There were Nazi hunters in … Continue reading →