FRATERNAL STUDIES:
"Forthright Scholarship; No Conspiracies."
Incipient Mission Statement: This new enterprise is devoted to filling a surprising gap online; and providing a seeming missing link in cultural studies and the social sciences online. The History of Fraternalism and Fraternal Organizations has played a very critical role in Western Culture generally, but it has gotten short shrift in scholarly literature. Though there are many online resources dedicated to all aspects of cultural historiography, there is scant attention paid to Fraternal History. This resource is aimed at eventually developing a forum for scholarly debate and discussion on all aspects of Fraternal Societies. This aim embraces all ideological and religious ends of the Fraternal spectrum. The only stricture will be that ideas presented must either referenced with citations from reputable sources (footnotes), or refer thematically and generally to ideas established in reputable sources.
(Moderator's Note: I am taking the next logical step in the slowly building edifice of Fraternal Studies. As a Scholar employed in Research on aspects of the History of Freemasonry specifically, it has become clear to me that, to some extent, the wider focus of Fraternalism generally is needed to grasp to greater issues in which Freemasonry is embedded. I would be happy to have any assistance from those working in their area of study with the direction for this effort. My first effort to spur this endeavor will be to post a research article of mine which I hope will set the tenor of forthrightness which I hope to achieve with this website. As a Masonic Scholar it will come as no surprise that it deals with an aspect of Freemasonry-in-Culture. But it will be clear that it also show the aspect of general cultural analysis, more than specific Masonic Studies, which is precisely the focus needed for the more environmental perspective of Fraternal Studies generally. New article coming shortly.
Fraternally yours,
Peter Paul Fuchs
"Forthright Scholarship; No Conspiracies."
Incipient Mission Statement: This new enterprise is devoted to filling a surprising gap online; and providing a seeming missing link in cultural studies and the social sciences online. The History of Fraternalism and Fraternal Organizations has played a very critical role in Western Culture generally, but it has gotten short shrift in scholarly literature. Though there are many online resources dedicated to all aspects of cultural historiography, there is scant attention paid to Fraternal History. This resource is aimed at eventually developing a forum for scholarly debate and discussion on all aspects of Fraternal Societies. This aim embraces all ideological and religious ends of the Fraternal spectrum. The only stricture will be that ideas presented must either referenced with citations from reputable sources (footnotes), or refer thematically and generally to ideas established in reputable sources.
(Moderator's Note: I am taking the next logical step in the slowly building edifice of Fraternal Studies. As a Scholar employed in Research on aspects of the History of Freemasonry specifically, it has become clear to me that, to some extent, the wider focus of Fraternalism generally is needed to grasp to greater issues in which Freemasonry is embedded. I would be happy to have any assistance from those working in their area of study with the direction for this effort. My first effort to spur this endeavor will be to post a research article of mine which I hope will set the tenor of forthrightness which I hope to achieve with this website. As a Masonic Scholar it will come as no surprise that it deals with an aspect of Freemasonry-in-Culture. But it will be clear that it also show the aspect of general cultural analysis, more than specific Masonic Studies, which is precisely the focus needed for the more environmental perspective of Fraternal Studies generally. New article coming shortly.
Fraternally yours,
Peter Paul Fuchs
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