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Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Aug 14, 2026
A Story of the Origins of Religion
On Friedrich Max Müller's theory of naturism and how early religion began with humanity's direct sensory perception of natural forces. From the terrifying awe of lightning and thunder to Ancient Egypt's animal deities that protected against mortal dangers like crocodiles, scorpions, and hippos. A look at the evolutionary arc from zoolatry to anthropomorphic gods, and the problematic colonial baggage in early religious scholarship.
personal essayReligious Studies
brennan.day
brennan.dayJun 27, 2026
Farming is Why Humanity is Fucked
A mind-shattering concept from a first-year university class that upended how I think about humanity. Daniel Quinn's Ishmael trilogy argues that totalitarian agriculture is why civilization is in peril. On the Law of Limited Competition, the Food Race, and how farming broke humanity's equilibrium with nature.
personal essayIndieWeb Carnival
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Feb 25, 2026
12,000 Generations: On Deep Time, Grief, and the Body
Turning thirty during a breakup while the world unravels. Meditating on the 12,000 generations of homo sapiens that came before us, and what it means to be embodied in this particular moment of deep time.
personal essayphilosophy
brennan.day
brennan.dayFeb 25, 2026
12,000 Generations: On Deep Time, Grief, and the Body
Turning thirty during a breakup while the world unravels. Meditating on the 12,000 generations of homo sapiens that came before us, and what it means to be embodied in this particular moment of deep time.
personal essayphilosophy
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 23, 2026
More Than One Way: On Ritual, Morality, and the Darkness Beyond Knowing
What is the meaning of life? Is there more than one correct answer? I've decided to take a rather long-winded exploration of how different cultures approach the sacred, the dead, and the transcendent, suggesting that multiple paths can lead to the same fundamental truths.
philosophyAnthropology
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 23, 2026
More Than One Way: On Ritual, Morality, and the Darkness Beyond Knowing
What is the meaning of life? Is there more than one correct answer? I've decided to take a rather long-winded exploration of how different cultures approach the sacred, the dead, and the transcendent, suggesting that multiple paths can lead to the same fundamental truths.
philosophyAnthropology
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryNov 28, 2023
The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 1 (Anna Magnasco)
Part 1 investigates charismatic healing as embodied practice, arguing that affect, ritual, and perception can reconfigure modern assumptions about agency and
theoryPostscharismatic
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryNov 28, 2023
the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-1-anna-magnasco
Part 1 investigates charismatic healing as embodied practice, arguing that affect, ritual, and perception can reconfigure modern assumptions about agency and
theoryPostscharismatic
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryNov 28, 2023
the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-1-anna-magnasco
Part 1 investigates charismatic healing as embodied practice, arguing that affect, ritual, and perception can reconfigure modern assumptions about agency and
theoryPostscharismatic
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryJul 16, 2019
Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)
The following is the second of a two-part series. The initial installment can be found here. Although we must constantly remember that the fetish is the product
theoryPostsreligion
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryJul 16, 2019
Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)
The following is the second of a two-part series. The initial installment can be found here. Although we must constantly remember that the fetish is the product
theoryPostsreligion
Anil Dash
Anil DashSep 13, 2018
The price of relevance is fluency
“You can’t say anything anymore! You can’t even make jokes!” There’s a constant complaint from people in positions of power, mostly men, who keep making the ridiculous assertion that they’re not able to speak in public. What they actually mean is they no longer understand the basis of the…
cultureaesthetics
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryJan 1, 2018
Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Lukacs‘ Theory of Reification.
philosophyanthropology
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryFeb 2, 2017
Review – Badiou Is Not Afraid of The Dark (Mason Davis)
*Badiou, Alain. Black: The Brilliance of a Non-Color. Translated by Susan Spitzer. New Jersey: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 1509512071. Hardcover, paperback, e-book
theoryPostsdarkness
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryJan 1, 2013
The Indiscrete Image: Infinitude and Creation of the Human.
human-beingsnonfiction
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 23, 2007
Pidgins and Creoles
Though I’ve been familiar with the terms for years, I wasn’t sure of the exact differences between a pidgin and a creole. So: - A creole is the combination of one or more languages into a new, stable language. A mashup of languages, if you will. - A pidgin is a simplified language used to help two…
languagenyc
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 5, 2005
Inequality
Maciej is (1) a friend (2) very funny and (3) in agreement with my beliefs, so I couldn’t resist linking to Dabblers and Blowhards, his new essay. But the key issue that appealed to me about his piece is that the fundamental problem with many people who really get our goat on the Internet is that…
techsociology
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryJan 1, 2005
Who Owns Native Culture?
indigenous-rightscultural-appropriation
Anil Dash
Anil DashFeb 10, 2004
Useful Analogies
Now that we’re in the last few months of the Era of Pop-Ups on the web, I’m kind of curious what the annoying ad format means. I think pop-ups are distinct from pop-unders; The ones appearing behind your browser seem more like a slime trail left by aggressive advertisers, whereas those first X10…
techadvertising
Anil Dash
Anil DashJul 5, 2002
History of Utensils
The History of Eating Utensils. Dig in.
historyanthropology
Anil Dash
Anil DashMay 28, 2002
RCB on polygyny
RCB has written an illuminating essay on polygyny, it’s a terrific read. She had given me a briefer version of these thoughts this weekend, but seeing the breadth and depth of her references and research just makes this all so much more compelling to read and ponder. Of course, after she finished…
relationshipsmarriage
Anil Dash
Anil DashFeb 22, 2002
National Anthropological Archives
The National Anthropological Archives website offers a wide range of fascinating information, with exhibits favoring research on the indigenous peoples of North America due to the NAA’s history as a conglomeration of many separate government efforts to document native American civilzation towards…
anthropologyarchives
Anil Dash
Anil DashMar 31, 2001
The Ainu people, the aboriginal
The Ainu people, the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan, have fewer than 100 surviving full-blooded members. There’s something terribly heartbreaking just thinking about that.
japananthropology
Anil Dash
Anil DashDec 25, 2000
I really must be a
I really must be a product of my culture, this is the goverment homepage of the state my parents are from. Absentmindedness as a tribute to one’s heritage…?
anthropology