Cultural Criticism and Analysis

Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics

Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics

In her new book, Applebaum attempts to understand why some of her intellectual bedfellows moved to the far right.

Jan 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters

Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters

An argument with myself.

Jan 1, 2021 / Wallace Shawn

How Should We Remember Ellis Island?

How Should We Remember Ellis Island? How Should We Remember Ellis Island?

Ellis Island: A People’s History looks at the everyday injustices that have haunted the country’s stance on immigration for centuries.

Dec 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / J. Howard Rosier

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Change

Public Art, Yerbabuena Cultural Center, San Francisco, Calif. Photo by Alessandra Mondolfi.

Dec 18, 2020 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

A Cure?

A Cure? A Cure?

The disease of fascism spreads.

Dec 16, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

The Most Vital Transition Is Ours

The Most Vital Transition Is Ours The Most Vital Transition Is Ours

Reading revives historical memory in the flat Zoom time of pandemic.

Dec 16, 2020 / Peter Linebaugh

How has Religious Experience Changed in a Secular Age?

How has Religious Experience Changed in a Secular Age? How has Religious Experience Changed in a Secular Age?

A new book by Tara Isabella Burton explores how people are infusing new cultural forms with quasi-religious meaning.

Dec 15, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism

How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism How Rural China Became an Engine for Global Consumer Capitalism

Xiaowei Wang’s Blockchain Chicken Farm surveys the tech industry in the Chinese countryside to upend the way we talk about the Internet in the West.

Dec 9, 2020 / Books & the Arts / A.Y. Li

Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde

Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde

In a recent essay collection, Funny Weather, the British writer reveals the limits of her critical method.

Dec 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil

The Liberal Establishment Is ‘a Stranger to Self-Examination’

The Liberal Establishment Is ‘a Stranger to Self-Examination’ The Liberal Establishment Is ‘a Stranger to Self-Examination’

A conversation with Pankaj Mishra about Biden’s closer-than-expected victory, the sterile state of mainstream intellectual culture, and his new book Bland Fanatics.

Nov 23, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

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