Mark M. Goldblatt

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Mark Meyer Goldblatt (born June 8, 1957) is an American

Protestant Reformation in England
.

Goldblatt is perhaps best known as a

Reason Magazine, National Review, the American Spectator, the Claremont Review of Books, the Common Review
and Intellectual Conservative.

Since 1989, Goldblatt has taught at Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York.

Political writing

Though often classified as a

hip hop culture.[6][7][8] In an article published on October 17, in 2005, Goldblatt wrote, "The solution to poverty, therefore, doesn’t lie in a collective movement. It lies in the will and discipline of the individual people who dedicate themselves to living moral lives, striving to improve their circumstances, and providing greater opportunities for their children. By that measure, the great betrayer of African-Americans is not their government but their groins."[9] This statement attracted criticism from hip-hop scholarship. Goldblatt is, additionally, a critic of postmodernism[10] and multiculturalism,[11] but has also argued in favor of legalizing gay marriage[12] and upholding the Roe v. Wade decision.[13] He has written sympathetically about Barack Obama.[14][15]

Bumper Sticker Liberalism, a book of political commentary, was published by HarperCollins in 2012. In 2022 Goldblatt published I Feel, Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke.

Novels

Goldblatt engaging audience at New York book signing. Friday, June 7, 2013.

Goldblatt’s first novel, Africa Speaks, was published by Permanent Press in 2002. It a satire of black urban culture told in the voice of a young black man named Africa Ali. In her blurb for Africa Speaks, far-right columnist Michelle Malkin stated, "With an uncanny knack for the hip-hop idiom, stiletto-sharp satire, unusual sensitivity, and unparalleled courage in tackling racial taboos, Mark Goldblatt has created a masterpiece. Africa Speaks sings."[16] Conservative critic John Podhoretz declared that Goldblatt was "one of America’s most uncompromising literary iconoclasts."[17]

His second novel, Sloth, a comedic take on the through-the-looking-glass world of postmodern thought, was published by Greenpoint Press in 2010. Two more novels followed in 2013: The Unrequited, a literary mystery published by Five Star/Cengage, and Twerp, a middle grade novel published by Random House. Finding the Worm, a sequel to Twerp, was published by Random House in 2015.

Theology

In a pair of essays for the British journal Philosophy Now, Goldblatt addressed the subject of rational language and the existence of God.

In "Did the World Have a Beginning?"[18] he argues that the temporal world cannot always have existed. An actual infinity is impossible, he reasons, because infinity is a potential value that cannot be reached. A line, for example, may be extended infinitely—that is, without a limit—but at no point will the actual measure of the line become infinite. Likewise, time itself, whether measured by minutes or millennia, cannot comprise an actual infinity. Therefore, the temporal world cannot have existed forever.

In a follow up article, "Talking About God",

Cosmological Argument of Thomas Aquinas
, is what all men call God. But this realization leads to a paradox. On the one hand, it would seem God cannot be infinite either since an actual infinity is impossible. On the other hand, God cannot have come into existence since that would require a cause prior to the First Cause and lead to an infinite regress of causes . . . which, in turn, would comprise an actual infinity (which cannot be). Therefore, we must suppose an infinite God as the First Cause of the world—even though an actual infinity violates the laws of thought. But whatever violates the laws of thought cannot be subject to rational language; it cannot be said to exist any more than a sentient stone (i.e. a sentient non-sentient being) can be said to exist. (At the moment a stone becomes sentient, in other words, it ceases to be a stone.) Goldblatt concludes that two theological statements, which seem irreconcilable, are nevertheless necessarily true: 1) God created the world; 2) God does not exist.

References

  1. ^ Goldblatt, Mark (2008-03-03). "Terror & Fairness". NYPOST.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. ^ Goldblatt, Mark. "The American Spectator : Winding Up Matters". Spectator.org. Archived from the original on 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  3. ^ Goldblatt, Mark (2008-01-11). "The War on Islamic Terror: Four Key Concepts « Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy". Intellectualconservative.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  4. ^ Goldblatt, Mark. "The American Spectator : Bush Hatred: The Sequel". Spectator.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  5. ^ Mark Goldblatt (2010-05-14). "The Poet Versus the Prophet - Reason Magazine". Reason.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  6. ^ "Mark Goldblatt reviews The Hip-Hop Generation on National Review Online". Old.nationalreview.com. 2002-06-06. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  7. ^ Goldblatt, Mark (2004-07-23). "Mark Goldblatt on Def Poetry on National Review Online". Old.nationalreview.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  8. ^ Goldblatt, Mark. "The American Spectator : Keeping It Real". Spectator.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  9. ISBN 978-0-7867-2719-3
    . Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  10. ^ "Can Humanists Talk to Postmodernists? by Mark Goldblatt". Ducts.org. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  11. ^ Goldblatt, Mark (2005-02-09). "Mark Goldblatt on Ward Churchill on National Review Online". Old.nationalreview.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  12. ^ "Advocate". Markgoldblatt.com. 2004-05-17. Archived from the original on 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  13. ^ "Liberty, Logic & Abortion". Philosophy Now. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  14. ^ "The Upside of Obama". National Review. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  15. ^ "The Cognitive Gap". National Review. 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  16. ^ "The Permanent Press - Africa Speaks". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  17. ^ Barnes & (2022-10-04). "I Feel, Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke Subjectivism: - Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  18. ^ "Issue 44". Philosophy Now. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  19. ^ "Issue 50". Philosophy Now. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-09-23.

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