# henry james (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover henry james. Page: Feed: --- ## [Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Ten Thoughts](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/jane-schoenbruns-teenage-sex-and) _2026-08-26 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ OK, so, briefly: This is a film about a young indie director, far too trapped in her own head (the film’s assessment if not mine), who is asked to “reboot” a beloved but problematic series of 1980s slasher movies. ## [Endless sand-reckonings](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/endless-sand-reckonings) _2026-08-23 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ We need to reckon—doesn’t it seem to you?—with COVID learning loss. ## [There Is Only One Person On Earth Would Could Make "The Book of the New Sun" Into a Movie](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-person-on-earth) _2026-08-19 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ Over the past four decades, Gene Wolfe’s confounding, brilliant fantasy, The Book of the New Sun, has emerged as one of the classics of the genre. ## [Molecular Moral Forces 15: Willy James vs. Freddy Schopenhauer](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-15-willy-james) _2026-08-16 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ One of my stupidest, most incorrigible habits is drawing up detailed and impossible plans of study or work. ## [Molecular Moral Forces 14: Nearing the Centennial](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-14-nearing) _2026-08-09 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ So what's happening in mid-1875? ## [Daniel M. Lavery's MEETING NEW PEOPLE: Ten Thoughts](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/daniel-m-laverys-meeting-new-people) _2026-08-06 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ Meeting New People is a novel about “friendship breakups,” or at least that is where it sets out from. ## [Molecular Moral Forces 13: Roderick Hudson](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-13-roderick) _2026-08-02 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ Henry James's second first novel ## [Molecular Moral Forces 12: A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Stories](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-12-a-passionate) _2026-07-26 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ Henry James risks what we might call the bad kind of aestheticism: the kind that separates beauty from life, raises one above the other and makes beauty an idol to which people may be sacrificed. ## [Molecular Moral Forces 11: 1874-75](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-11-1874-75) _2026-07-19 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ 1874-1875 is the first period in which one could reasonably describe William James as "productive" and Henry James as "insanely prolific." The routine, and perhaps the sheer joy, of teaching seems to have stabilized somewhat William's erratic and depressive temper, and he writes regularly for ## [Molecular Moral Forces 10: The James Boys' First Writing Decade](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-10-the-james) _2026-07-12 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ By 1873, William has written a handful of articles and Henry has already filled out a hefty volume or two of stories, essays, travel sketches, and one fascinating problem of a novel. ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RQqrXBK0SGzi) _2026-07-12 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Molecular Moral Forces 9: Watch and Ward](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/molecular-moral-forces-9-watch-and) _2026-07-09 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ I don't normally do this, but: CW for non-detailed references to suicide, pedophilia, and grooming. ## [2026 Summer/Fall/Winter Book Preview! November-December](https://philipchristman.substack.com/p/2026-summerfallwinter-book-preview-582) _2026-07-07 · Phil Christman · Saccades and Fixations_ November/December: ## [The Econocracy: Has Economics Become Undemocratic?](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/the-econocracy-has-economics-become) _2026-06-13 · Men's School · Men's School_ The authors of The Econocracy: On the Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts argue that economic experts, orthodox economic theory, and the methods of teaching the discipline contributed to the 2008 economic crisis and continue to diminish our ability to effectively tackle critical real-world issues such as inequality, affordability, and adverse environmental impacts. ## [The Philosophy of Natural Law](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/the-natural-law) _2026-05-13 · Men's School · Men's School_ “There is indeed a law, right reason, which is in accordance with nature; existing in all, unchangeable, eternal. ## [The Tale of Literary Theory \[Part III\]](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/war-of-the-proses-the-tale-of-literary-1ec) _2026-02-27 · Men's School · Men's School_ Part III - The end of literary theory? ## [The Tale of Literary Theory \[Part II\]](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/war-of-the-proses-the-tale-of-literary-045) _2026-02-27 · Men's School · Men's School_ Part II - Schools and Critical Views on Theory ## [The Tale of Literary Theory \[Part I\]](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/war-of-the-proses-the-tale-of-literary) _2026-02-27 · Men's School · Men's School_ Part I - History and the Battle of Ideas ## [The Human Nature of Economics: Homo Economicus](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/homo-economicus-rational-man-or-reluctant) _2026-02-17 · Men's School · Men's School_ Economics, as a social science, is a study of human activity. ## [Symbols of Power: Myth and History](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/what-does-power-look-like) _2025-12-08 · Men's School · Men's School_ Power, the ability to control and direct resources and people, often seems intangible and elusive. ## [Funding the future: innovation in community resourcing](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/funding-the-future-innovation-in) _2025-10-19 · Men's School · Men's School_ Looking after our local areas is often left to others - those elected or employed to make things work in the background of our busy lives. ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FhPSRtZlWWjk) _2025-10-19 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Why is voting compulsory in Australia?](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/a-question-of-consent-compulsory) _2025-08-11 · Men's School · Men's School_ Voting is widely considered a civil right, as recognised in Article 21 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, but it is also considered a duty in some countries . ## [The Story of Australia’s Money](https://mensschool.substack.com/p/australias-new-currency) _2025-05-22 · Men's School · Men's School_ Decimalisation and the Dollar