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Thunderstruck: Part 4

May 3, 2013 by Jason Kapcala 1 Comment

Dodge Challenger, Almost Heaven, road trip music, Thunderstruck AC DC

What does it mean to be thunderstruck? Jason Kapcala defends his improbable, impractical love.

Filed Under: Men and Machines, The Good Life Tagged With: acdc, almost heaven, Angus Young, automobiles, Camaros, car culture, cars, Dodge Challenger, driving, driving music, fanaticism, fandom, growing up in the 1990s, heavy metal, macho cars, man code, masculinity, muscle cars, Mustangs, obsession, pony cars, power, power rock, road trip music, road trips, rock music, techno-geek, The Razors Edge album, Thunderstruck, Thunderstruck AC DC, V-6, West Virginia

The True Believer

April 24, 2013 by Jesse Kornbluth 1 Comment

Boston bombers, Boston Marathon, Tsarnaev brothers, psychology of intolerance, fanaticism

How do two guys come to believe, with absolute certainty, that murder is a moral necessity?

Filed Under: Conflict, Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: Alan Dershowitz, book review, Boston bombers, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon bombers, common enemy, cult leadership, doctrine, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Eric Hoffer, extremism, fanaticism, Good vs. Evil, indoctrination, intolerance, martyrdom, mass movements, mass murderers, mass violence, nationalism, politics, pride, psychology of fanaticism, psychology of intolerance, religion, self-radicalized, sociology, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, The True Believer book, Tsarnaev brothers, zealotry

Roger Federer: Sport as Art

July 16, 2012 by Liam Day 6 Comments

Liam Day explores how the art of sport is represented through some of the greatest athletes alive, most prominently in Wimbledon champion Roger Federer.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sports Tagged With: American League Championships, athletics, cape cod, David Foster Wallace, fanaticism, France, French Renaissance, Grady Little, Greg Maddux, Italy, Kevin Garnett, Liam Day, Marco Materazzi, men and sports, New York Times Magazine, Novak Djokovic, Pedro Martinez, Peyton Manning, Rafael Nadal, Red Sox, Roger Federer, sports, sports fans, tennis, Tom Brady, Walter Pater, Wimbledon, world cup, World Series, YouTube, Zinedine Zidane

“Watching sports is a good chance to talk to your kids about the dangers of fanaticism.”

June 30, 2012 by the Editors 2 Comments

This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “I Hate Miami: Does Sports Teach Hostility?”

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: adults, fanaticism, friends, kids, obsession, parenting, parents, persistence, politics, religion, Sex and Relationships, sports, teams, trust

I Hate Miami: Does Sports Teach Hostility?

June 22, 2012 by Andy Hinds 5 Comments

Andy Hinds fears that sports culture may be teaching our kids aggression, based upon a cultish and arbitrary legacy.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sports Tagged With: Andy Hinds, coming of age, cults, fanaticism, Grizzlies, LeBron James, Lutherans, Methodists, Miami Heat, Montana, NBA, religion, sports, YouTube

‘The True Believer’: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

August 3, 2011 by Jesse Kornbluth Leave a Comment

Jesse Kornbluth reviews Eric Hoffer’s ‘The True Believer’ and discusses the nature of all fanatical mass movements.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content Tagged With: Eric Hoffer, fanaticism, Head Butler, Jesse Kornbluth, mass movements, politics, society, The True Believer

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