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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

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Analyzing the “New Totalitarianism” of Today

November 27, 2020 / Carlo Lancellotti

Analyzing the New Totalitarianism of Today

Italian philosopher Augusto Del Noce (1910–1989) argued prophetically more than half a century ago, that modern technology was being used to implement a “quiet totalitarianism,” one that by avoiding the overt violence of the Nazi and Soviet regimes, could quietly exercise the same absolute control within society. Totalitarian systems, he explained, … [Read more...] about Analyzing the “New Totalitarianism” of Today

St. Porphyrios On Prophecy and Repentance in Times of Peril

November 14, 2020 / Hieromonk George Kaufsokalyvites

Sts. Porphyrios and Paisios

When we sense that our sins are leading us toward a dark and perilous outcome, individual Christians know to stop and pray and repent. But when we hear that our "collective" actions are leading us into darkness, too often our tendency is to look for conspiracies and cast out nets of collective blame. But neither collective subjects nor collective objects actually exist: only … [Read more...] about St. Porphyrios On Prophecy and Repentance in Times of Peril

Dostoevsky And Memory Eternal: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov

October 31, 2020 / Donald Sheehan

Mikhail Nesterov "The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew" (Russian: Видение отроку Варфоломею)

Why do Orthodox memorial litanies melodically reiterate "memory eternal” with such feeling and such energy? And why did Orthodoxy’s greatest novelist end his last great work so triumphantly with these same words? By going very deeply into a single passage in Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, "The Brothers Karamazov," Donald Sheehan leads us not only into the the center of the novel, … [Read more...] about Dostoevsky And Memory Eternal: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov

Orthodox Responses to the Nihilism of Cultural Revolution, Self-Destruction, and Social Division

October 17, 2020 / Dn. Paul Siewers

“Another City” has striven to set aside partisan politics in its editorial policy, and this commitment remains. But sometimes cultural and politics issues substantially overlap, as is the case with certain dark forces that are now manifest in Western culture and American society and which are important to understand deeply rather than in a partisan manner. Deacon … [Read more...] about Orthodox Responses to the Nihilism of Cultural Revolution, Self-Destruction, and Social Division

Are You Drowning in Your Own Stream of Consciousness? Logismoi and How to Cope with Them

October 9, 2020 / A Hieromonk from Mt Athos

The Temptation of Christ (Mt. Athos)

Before the Fall, our consciousness (nous) was clear and undivided, focused on God and transparent to Him, without distractions from within or from without. But now we are perpetually distracted by logismoi (low-giz-mee)—not merely “thoughts” in the narrow sense, but also images and ideas running through our awareness tempting and beguiling us. Logismoi constitute a “raging … [Read more...] about Are You Drowning in Your Own Stream of Consciousness? Logismoi and How to Cope with Them

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