Thomas J. Farrell, Professor Emeritus

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    Young Lynda Carter (Born in 1951) as Wonder Woman (1976-1979), and the Thought of Walter J. Ong (1912-2003)
    (This version was not previously published., 2024-09) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 2,850-word review essay "Young Lynda Carter (Born in 1951) as Wonder Woman (1976-1979), and the Thought of Walter J. Ong (1912-2003)," I discuss the Wonder Woman television series (1976-1979) starring the beautiful young Lynda Carter (born in 1951) as Wonder Woman in the first part of my review essay. In the second part, I discuss the relevant work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Also in the second part, I discuss the relevant work about the archetypes of maturity in the human psyche by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette -- and certain relevant related work in Jungian psychology by Erich Neumann.
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    Emily Wilson's 2023 Translation of The Iliad, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,800-word review essay "Emily Wilson's 2023 Translation of The Iliad, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) in the first part of my review essay. In the second part, I discuss the classicist Emily Wilson's 2018 translation of The Odyssey and his 2023 translation of The Iliad -- both published by Norton.
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    Barton T. Geger's 2024 Edition of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,150-word review essay "Barton T. Geger's 2024 Edition of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, and Walter J. Ong's thought," I highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University in the first part of mt review essay, In the second part, I discuss the new 2024 book the constitutions of the Society of Jesus: A Critical Edition: With the Complementary Norms [Promulgated by the Society of Jesus], edited by the American Jesuit theologian Barton T. Geger (born in 1968; doctorate in sacred theology, Universidad Pontifica Comillas in Madrid, 2010) -- published by the Institute of Jesuit Sources at Boston College.
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    Anthony Ekpo's 2024 Book The Roman Curia, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In 2022, the doctrinally conservative Pope Francis (born in 1936; elected pope in 2013) reformed the Vatican Curia when he promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium ("Preach the Gospel"). The Nigerian theologian Monsignor Anthony Ekpo (born in 1981; Ph.D. in systematic theology, Australian Catholic University, 2013; doctorate in canon law, Gregorian University, 2021) explains Pope Francis' reform of the Vatican Curia in his accessible new 2024 book The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization (Georgetown University Press). In my 5,800-word review essay "Anthony Ekpo's 2024 Book The Roman curia, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I succinctly highlight, on the one hand, Ekpo's new 2024 book and, on the other hand, the work of the American Jesuit Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). I also provide ample background information.
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    Anne Applebaum's 2024 Book Autocracy, Inc., and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,400-word review essay "Anne Applebaum's 2024 Book Autocracy, Inc., and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first succinctly highlight Applebaum's new 2024 book Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. Then, I explain at length the relevant thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong of Saint Louis University (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    James Davison Hunter's 2024 Book Democracy and Solidarity, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 5,700-word review essay "James Davison Hunter's 2024 Book Democracy and Solidarity, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first succinctly highlight the life and work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter Jackson Ong, Jr. (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Next, I briefly highlight James Davison Hunter's 2024 book Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis (Yale University Press). When it comes to cultural analysis, I prefer Ong's work.
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    John Dominic Crossan's 2022 Book Render Unto Caesar, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,200-word review essay "John Dominic Crossan's 2022 Book Render Unto Caesar, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first succinctly highlight the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Next, I succinctly highlight John Dominic Crossan's 2022 book Render Unto Caesar: The Struggle Over Christ and Culture in the New Testament (HarperOne/ HarperCollins). Then I return to Ong's thought. I align certain notable points in Ong's thought with specific aspects of Crossan's thought in his 2022 book.
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    Thomas B. Edsall's June 12, 2024 Op-Ed Column on the Convicted Felon Trump, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my wide-ranging 2,100-word review essay "Thomas B. Edsall's June 12, 2024 Op-Ed Column on the Convicted Felon Trump, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight Edsall's column titled "Trump Would Be Gone if Only We Could . . . ," on the one hand, and, on the other, the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Charles Taylor's 2024 Book Cosmic Connections, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 93-page (double-spaced) review essay "Charles Taylor's 2024 Book Cosmic Connections, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first highlight the life and work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Then I succinctly highlight two related books by the Canadian Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor (born in 1931; doctorate in philosophy, Oxford University, 1961): (1) The Language Animal: The Full Scope of the Human Linguistic Capacity (2016); and (2) Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment (2024) -- both published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. My list of "References" runs from page 74 to page 93 -- because I frequently list related works of interest in the text as I proceed.
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    Hartmut Rosa's 2019 Book Resonance, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-05) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,000-word review essay "Hartmut Rosa's 2019 Book Resonance, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight, on the one hand, Rosa's 2019 book Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World, translated by James C. Wagner (Polity; orig. German ed., 2016) and, on the other hand, the mature work from the early 1950s onward of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2024 Book An Unfinished Love Story, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-04) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 7,675-word review essay "Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2024 Book An Unfinished Love Story, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I succinctly highlight Dr. Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2024 book An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s (Simon & Schuster) in the opening and the closing sections of my review essay. In the lengthy middle section, I construct my own personal history of the 1960s by highlighting the work of my former teacher in the 1960s, the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University. In addition, in the lengthy middle section of my review essay, I highlight Stefanos Geroulanos' 2024 book The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins (Liveright Publishing/ W. W. Norton).
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    Walter Ong's 1981 Book, Judith Butler's 2024 Book, and the Vatican's 2024 Declaration on Gender Theory
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-04) Farrell, Thomas
    In my wide-ranging 8,100-word review essay "Walter Ong's 1981 Book, Judith Butler's 2024 Book, and the Vatican's 2024 Declaration on Gender Theory," I highlight (1) the American Jesuit Walter Ong's 1981 book Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality [Gender], and Consciousness (Cornell University Press), the expanded version of Ong's 1979 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University; (2) Berkeley's leftist Judith Butler's new 2024 book Who's Afraid of Gender? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); and (3) the Vatican's new 2024 Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith titled "Dignatis Infinita; on Human Dignity." In addition, I highlight the NCR Vatican correspondent Christopher White's NCR news report about the new Vatican document.
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    Fareed Zakaria's 2024 Book Age of Revolutions, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-04) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 2,900-word review essay "Fareed Zakaria's 2024 Book Age of Revolutions, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I succinctly highlight Zakaria's timely new 2024 book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present (W. W. Norton). More importantly, I succinctly highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) to describe and characterize the period that Zakaria discusses -- "from 1600 to the Present."
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    Jonathan Haidt's 2024 Book The Anxious Generation, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-04) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,150-word review essay "Jonathan Haidt's 2024 Book The Anxious Generation, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I start with brief highlights of the life and work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Then I highlight Jonathan Haidt's new 2024 book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Penguin Press). In addition, I include a digression about Nicholas Carr's updated 2020 second edition of his book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (W. W. Norton).
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    Thomas J. Farrell's Most Memorable Year, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-03) Farrell, Thomas
    In my wide-ranging 8,850-word review essay "Thomas J. Farrell's Most Memorable Year, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight my memorable year of living in Manhattan and teaching English at the City College of the City University of New York in 1975-1976, during CUNY's expensive experiment with open admissions. In part, I focus on four fine people I knew when I was there: (1) Mina P. Shaughnessy (1924-1978); (2) Theodore L. Gross (1931-2022); (3) Edward Quinn (1932-2012); and (4) Sarah D'Eloia (1943-1990). In addition, I highlight how my own publications about open admissions drew on the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Thomas J. Farrell's Draft of His Obituary, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-03) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 1,500-word review essay "Thomas J. Farrell's Draft of His Obituary, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I present a draft of my obituary, including information about my life and my work on the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). After the draft of my obituary, I present "Some Further Reflections" about my memorable year of living in Manhattan and teaching at the City College of the City of New York in 1975-1976.
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    Eric McLuhan's 2015 Book The Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul: An Odyssey, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-02) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 7,269-word review essay "Eric McLuhan's 2015 Book The Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul: An Odyssey, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the lives and works of three distinguished media ecology theorists: (1) Eric McLuhan (1942-2018; Ph.D. in English, University of Dallas, 1982); (2) Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980; Ph.D. in English, Cambridge University, 1943); and (3) Walter J. Ong, S.J. (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). In addition, I briefly highlight Eric McLuhan's 2015 book The Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul: An Odyssey (BPS Books/ Bastian Publishing), accentuating connection consciousness in the Roman Catholic tradition of thought. I round off my review essay by listing certain other books and articles related to connection consciousness.
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    John Dear's 2024 Book The Gospel of Peace, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-02) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 2,100-word review essay "John Dear's 2024 Book The Gospel of Peace, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I briefly and succinctly highlight the American diocesan priest Father John Dear's new 2024 400-page book The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Mathew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence (Orbis Books). Even though Father John Dear says that his new 2024 book grows out of his previous books about nonviolence, he also says that Pope Francis' publications about nonviolence in 2017 and 2022 inspired his to write his new 2024 400-page book. In addition, I briefly and succinctly highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Harvey C. Mansfield's and Walter J. Ong's Thoughts About Male Agonism
    (This version has not been published previously., 2024-01) Farrell, Thomas
    In my wide-ranging 6,350-word review essay "Harvey C. Mansfield's and Walter J. Ong's Thoughts About Male Agonism," I discuss the American political philosopher Harvey C. Mansfield's 2006 book Manliness (Yale University Press) and the American Jesuit cultural historian Walter J. Ong's 1981 book Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality [Gender], and Consciousness (Cornell University Press), the expanded version of his 1981 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University -- along with a wide range of other relevant books and articles, including some of my own publications.
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    Mary Harrington's 2023 Book Feminism Against Progress, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2023-12) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,500-word review essay "Mary Harrington's 2023 Book Feminism Against Progress, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I briefly highlight the conservative Oxford-educated British author Mary Harrington's new 2023 book Feminism Against Progress (Regnery). In addition, I briefly highlight the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Because Harrington includes certain autobiographical information about her life and activities, I also include some autobiographical information about my life and activities -- along with some passing references to Pope Francis (born in 1936; elected pope in 2013).