Extinction Pop Extinction Pop
Choreographed for maximum appeal, pop culture likes to say yes. History is made by those who say no.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Survival of the Sexiest Survival of the Sexiest
How evolutionary psychology went viral.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mal Ahern and Moira Weigel
Science as Salvation? Science as Salvation?
Marcelo Gleiser wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.
Aug 27, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Saler
What Was Democracy? What Was Democracy?
Democracy was once a comforting fiction. Has it become an uninhabitable one?
May 13, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney and Yascha Mounk
How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance? How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance?
It’s one of the most ticklish questions of liberal philosophy.
May 13, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
What Is the Genus of Genius? What Is the Genus of Genius?
How the religion of genius collapsed under the blows of egalitarianism.
May 13, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Warren Breckman
Survivalpop Survivalpop
The desperate situation of country’s popularity.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
My Johannesburg My Johannesburg
The city and its landscape would not exist were it not for many violations against nature.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mark Gevisser
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’
The quivering throngs of teen-aged girls, The Nation’s reviewer wrote, said much more about the susceptibility of Americans to fashionable trends than it did about the talent...
Mar 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Gray Zone The Gray Zone
Does John Gray counsel anything more than avoidance of the ideological excesses he scorns?
Dec 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Isaac Chotiner