The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement
Culture / Books & the Arts / December 12, 2023 More Than a Natural Function The politics of birth. The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement Though it res…
Dec 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Moira Donegan
How Did Marxism Become Marxism? How Did Marxism Become Marxism?
A new book examines a set of thinkers and activists who helped transform a set of radical ideas into a political tradition.
Dec 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe
In Ordinary Notes, a extraordinary work of memoir, poetry, and criticism, she writes a love letter to Black art.
Dec 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng
A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family
Alexander Stille’s The Sullivanians documents the sordid history and fascinating intellectual roots of a psychotherapy group that proposed a utopian alternative to conventional fa...
Dec 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Callie Hitchcock
Hélène Cixous, a Poet Among Theorists Hélène Cixous, a Poet Among Theorists
In Well-Kept Ruins, a key example of her late style, a hybrid and dreamlike form of social theory comes into focus.
Dec 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Ariel Porte
Siddhartha Deb and the Politics of Fiction Siddhartha Deb and the Politics of Fiction
A conversation with the novelist and journalist about India, colonialism, the Union Carbide catastrophe, solidarity, history in literature, and his novel, The Light at the End of ...
Dec 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Feroz Rather
History According to Ridley Scott History According to Ridley Scott
Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon.
Dec 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Mike Duncan
Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust
In Zones of Interest and Occupied City, the two filmmakers attempt to depict the ordinary fascism and everyday violence of World War II.
Dec 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
David Fincher’s Man Without Qualities David Fincher’s Man Without Qualities
His grim action movie satire The Killer pokes fun at the blandness of modern life and modern moviemaking.
Nov 30, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Beatrice Loayza
Søren Kierkegaard Dared to Ask Søren Kierkegaard Dared to Ask
In The Sickness Unto Death, the Danish philosopher posed a difficult question: Is despair an essential feature of human life?
Nov 29, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Clare Carlisle