Brice Cummings
@abcummings.bsky.social
Peripatetic (adjunct) instructor of philosophy and history
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November morning
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
November morning
An early imperial Roman lamp and a 5th-century Greek wine pitcher, both sparkling with personality
~ Detroit Institute of Arts ~
~ Detroit Institute of Arts ~
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
An early imperial Roman lamp and a 5th-century Greek wine pitcher, both sparkling with personality
~ Detroit Institute of Arts ~
~ Detroit Institute of Arts ~
Good times at the Society for United States Intellectual History conference in Detroit. I'll be talking tomorrow about AI-generated/influenced documents in the historical archives of the future
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Good times at the Society for United States Intellectual History conference in Detroit. I'll be talking tomorrow about AI-generated/influenced documents in the historical archives of the future
Ahead of a conference in Detroit, while hanging out in Windsor I came across Biblioasis, a particularly excellent bookstore. It's got a thoughtfully curated selection of new books as a front for a glorious chaos of used books on the back shelves
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ahead of a conference in Detroit, while hanging out in Windsor I came across Biblioasis, a particularly excellent bookstore. It's got a thoughtfully curated selection of new books as a front for a glorious chaos of used books on the back shelves
In this history of sanctified demagoguery in the U.S., Worthen samples episodes of charisma - "a contentious invitation to let some great and ungovernable power work through you, whether you were a leader or a follower" - across four centuries of theologico-political spectacle
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In this history of sanctified demagoguery in the U.S., Worthen samples episodes of charisma - "a contentious invitation to let some great and ungovernable power work through you, whether you were a leader or a follower" - across four centuries of theologico-political spectacle
The snake has arranged itself comfortably and slung itself across 2 empty LED light boxes
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The snake has arranged itself comfortably and slung itself across 2 empty LED light boxes
Following Rowman & Littlefield's acquisition by Bloomsbury, Baudelaire's Bitter Metaphysics is now available to read online at any university library subscribed to Bloomsbury Collections.
If that describes your library, you can access the book here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com
If that describes your library, you can access the book here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Following Rowman & Littlefield's acquisition by Bloomsbury, Baudelaire's Bitter Metaphysics is now available to read online at any university library subscribed to Bloomsbury Collections.
If that describes your library, you can access the book here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com
If that describes your library, you can access the book here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com
The Crow Museum of Asian Art at twilight, when the skateboarders roam
October 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Crow Museum of Asian Art at twilight, when the skateboarders roam
The destination isn't bad, though
October 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The destination isn't bad, though
On the trail, it's not about the destination, it's about the snakes along the way
October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
On the trail, it's not about the destination, it's about the snakes along the way
Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma
September 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma
The western edge of the Ouachita Mountains, in southeastern Oklahoma
September 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The western edge of the Ouachita Mountains, in southeastern Oklahoma
My German shepherd hasn't eaten many classic books, but when she does, she always chooses a German one...hmm...
So far she has eaten an Albert Einstein and a Meister Eckhart. She's eating the big questions.
So far she has eaten an Albert Einstein and a Meister Eckhart. She's eating the big questions.
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My German shepherd hasn't eaten many classic books, but when she does, she always chooses a German one...hmm...
So far she has eaten an Albert Einstein and a Meister Eckhart. She's eating the big questions.
So far she has eaten an Albert Einstein and a Meister Eckhart. She's eating the big questions.
Arnaud Orain's book The Confiscated World, at once a genealogy and exposition of the current geopolitical mood of aggressive "finitude capitalism" (as opposed to a growth-oriented [neo]liberalism of "infinite horizons") is a timely, and, I think, important one. I'll be writing about it soon.
September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Arnaud Orain's book The Confiscated World, at once a genealogy and exposition of the current geopolitical mood of aggressive "finitude capitalism" (as opposed to a growth-oriented [neo]liberalism of "infinite horizons") is a timely, and, I think, important one. I'll be writing about it soon.
Cooper Lake State Park, enjoying the second wind of wildflowers that arrive at summer's end across northeastern Texas
September 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cooper Lake State Park, enjoying the second wind of wildflowers that arrive at summer's end across northeastern Texas
First day of the fall semester at the Dallas campus of East Texas A&M University
August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
First day of the fall semester at the Dallas campus of East Texas A&M University
Whatever else one may think about OOO, Harman does manage one of the more intriguing discussions I've read lately of what happens behind the scenes of a metaphor
August 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Whatever else one may think about OOO, Harman does manage one of the more intriguing discussions I've read lately of what happens behind the scenes of a metaphor
Happy anniversary to us
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Happy anniversary to us
Biographies of Mondrian and Gauguin -- finds from Plenty, an excellent indie bookstore in Cookeville, Tennessee -- and kindly procured by my superb spouse as an anniversary gift
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Biographies of Mondrian and Gauguin -- finds from Plenty, an excellent indie bookstore in Cookeville, Tennessee -- and kindly procured by my superb spouse as an anniversary gift
A hike through the state park near Mineral Wells, Texas
August 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A hike through the state park near Mineral Wells, Texas
I feel like Buddo should be friends with these guys from c. 1700-1100 BC, found in the (misnamed) Poverty Point mounds of northeastern Louisiana
August 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I feel like Buddo should be friends with these guys from c. 1700-1100 BC, found in the (misnamed) Poverty Point mounds of northeastern Louisiana
Yes, from a purely aesthetic and pre-political standpoint, wind turbines may interrupt mountain vistas, but there's something dramatic about the way they can seem to grow like plants out of prairies and plains. Here are a few wind turbines in Oilton, Texas.
July 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yes, from a purely aesthetic and pre-political standpoint, wind turbines may interrupt mountain vistas, but there's something dramatic about the way they can seem to grow like plants out of prairies and plains. Here are a few wind turbines in Oilton, Texas.
If you find yourself in North Texas, the Arlington Museum of Art's M.C. Escher exhibit is well worth checking out before it vanishes next month.
July 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you find yourself in North Texas, the Arlington Museum of Art's M.C. Escher exhibit is well worth checking out before it vanishes next month.