The Dangerous Perhaps
Michael JN Williams, PhD, Soul to SoilPhilosophically ambitious, historically informed essays on politics, modernity, artificial intelligence, culture, and everyday life.
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The Tyranny of Sanctimony
“And I thank you, I thank you for doing your duty, you keepers of truth, you guardians of beauty.”
̶ Leonard Cohen, “A Singer Must Die”
“It came to be regarded as a mark of genius to speak dispassionately, with shameless disrespect, of th...
An Essayistic History of Critical Theory II. Marx: The Struggle Begins
Note to the Reader: This is the second entry in a planned series of essays on the history of critical theory. It is very long, around 18,700 words or 56 double-spaced pages. For this reason, I have divided it into sections and subsections,...
The Temperature of Politics with Michael JN Williams, PhD
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The Cult of Tupac and the Double Standard that Kills
Imagine this. A country star writes beautiful songs that detail the struggles of rural whites in Appalachia. His lyrics tap into the everyday tragedies and hardships that define these people’s lives: the aching poverty, the opioid crisis, t...
Three Reasons to Be a Moderate
John Cleese, 2026. Photo: Kiri Karma / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
I’ll make this one short and hopefully sweet. For the purposes of this essay, a “moderate” is defined as a person who 1) tends toward political centrism, 2) deeply val...
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Historian of modern European thought (PhD, U Chicago, 2022), fitness junkie, dog enthusiast, big fan of ambivalence. I write on philosophy, history, politics, AI, and everyday life.
Depth psychology for people navigating faith, spiritual crisis, or questions of meaning. Licensed psychologist (40+ states via PSYPACT) writing on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and ecology. Your 21st Century guide to the posthuman world.
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