Words & Worlds

An Illustration of The Golden Bough by Sir James George Fraser

Sir James George Frazer and The Golden Bough

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

I. Social, Political, and Cultural Thought of Sir James George Frazer Introduction Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941) occupies a central position in the development of modern anthropology and comparative religion....

Sir James George Frazer and The Golden Bough

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

I. Social, Political, and Cultural Thought of Sir James George Frazer Introduction Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941) occupies a central position in the development of modern anthropology and comparative religion....

An olive, brown portrait of Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt's Democracy and Leadership

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Irving Babbitt stands as one of the most influential yet frequently misunderstood figures in twentieth-century intellectual history. As a literary critic, cultural theorist, and moral philosopher, Babbitt articulated a sustained...

Irving Babbitt's Democracy and Leadership

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Irving Babbitt stands as one of the most influential yet frequently misunderstood figures in twentieth-century intellectual history. As a literary critic, cultural theorist, and moral philosopher, Babbitt articulated a sustained...

It's a gray sketch of Roger Scruton's portrait.

Roger Scruton and Beauty: A Very Short Introduc...

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Roger Scruton stands as one of the most influential conservative philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A prolific author, aesthetician, public intellectual, and defender of the “West’s...

Roger Scruton and Beauty: A Very Short Introduc...

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Roger Scruton stands as one of the most influential conservative philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A prolific author, aesthetician, public intellectual, and defender of the “West’s...

a grayscale conceptual picture representing Thomas Carlyle AND Past and Present.

THOMAS CARLYLE and PAST AND PRESENT

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Thomas Carlyle stands as one of the most forceful and unsettling voices of nineteenth-century British thought. Writing at a time of industrial expansion, democratic agitation, and religious uncertainty, he rejected...

THOMAS CARLYLE and PAST AND PRESENT

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Thomas Carlyle stands as one of the most forceful and unsettling voices of nineteenth-century British thought. Writing at a time of industrial expansion, democratic agitation, and religious uncertainty, he rejected...

a horizontal portrait of John Ruskin, framed by conceptual Christian art and grounded in earthy hues.

John Ruskin and The Stones of Venice

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

John Ruskin (1819–1900) stands as one of the most influential moral and cultural critics of the Victorian age. Though widely known as an art critic, Ruskin’s intellectual reach extended far...

John Ruskin and The Stones of Venice

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

John Ruskin (1819–1900) stands as one of the most influential moral and cultural critics of the Victorian age. Though widely known as an art critic, Ruskin’s intellectual reach extended far...

A colorful portrait of Evelyn Waugh and some symbols of his cultural thought

Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...

Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...