The Great Conversation Substack Project Announced
Where it is our mission to reinvigorate the world with wisdom.
Who are we? What do we hope to accomplish?
The Great Conversation is a digital print publication dedicated to adapting the confusing and confounding ideas of the so-called “Great Books” to the modern world. Our mission is to use their gravitas stature to anchor insights about modernity and post-modernity. Put succinctly, our aim is to take the message of the Great Books to the modern world in a culturally-relevant and intelligible manner.
1. Why this, why now?
While our publication has been in existence since 2020, we are looking to reach a wider audience and that is where Substack comes in.
2. What kind of community are we looking to build here?
We are hoping to build an inclusive community where diversity of thought and divergent opinions are welcome. We are looking to facilitate free and open rationally-grounded discourse; what we are not looking to facilitate is an insular echo-chamber of stultified conservative traditionalists or radical leftist ideologues.
3. What is our format?
At present, The Great Conversation features three different types of written modes of expression: namely “The Common Room,” “The Bard,” and “The Lyceum.” The Common Room features editorial opinion pieces which are informal and conversational in nature, typically about current events or weaving strands of commonality among seemingly disparate works and ideas. The Bard features poetry, short stories, and other short works of fiction that center around an understanding of the Great Books. The Lyceum is a place for the publication of thoughtful and well-researched essays which are academic-light in nature. Our Substack will feature examples of all three formats.
4. Will there be more?
YES! In the near future, we hope to add video and podcast mediums to accompany our written ones. Our goal is to reach as many people as possible without sacrificing quality or compromising our sacred mission values. We also plan to offer courses, personalized tutoring, and merchandise in the intermediate term. It is our goal to be able to perform our mission full-time in a self-sustaining manner.
5. We hope you will join!
Thanks for reading and we hope you will find our mission to be a light in the darkness that is the modern world. Please share and subscribe to help us grow!