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Reading “The Armies of the Night” in an Age of Youth Protest
What Norman Mailer’s 1968 antiwar classic has to say about the amorphousness of contemporary protest.
Francis WadeAug 12, 2019
Full Circle: Freedom through Creative Community
Annie BuckleyAug 12, 2019
The Unfinished Project of the Enlightenment: A Forum on Jürgen Habermas at 90
A forum on Jürgen Habermas by Eduardo Mendieta, Martin Jay, Matthew Specter, María Pía Lara, Matthias Fritsch, Noëlle McAfee, and Martin Woessner.
Aug 11, 2019
Habermas in German, European, North Atlantic, and Global Perspective
Matthew Specter on what Habermas's thought can offer Europe and the West today.
Matthew SpecterAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Habermas’s Concept of the Public Sphere and the New Feminist Agenda
María Pía Lara explores how Habermas's concept of the public sphere can inform today's and tomorrow's feminism.
María Pía LaraAug 11, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Futures of Habermas’s Work
Matthias Fritsch wonders which parts of Habermas's corpus will resonate with future generations.
Matthias FritschAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Habermas and the Light of Reason: On Late Critical Theory
Martin Jay on the ways Habermas’s attempt to restore the light of reason after its eclipse involved salient departures from traditional notions of reason.
Martin JayAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
The Public Sphere in Dark Times
Habermas believed, Noëlle McAfee writes, that a robust public sphere has the power to sift through the distortions and lies ...
Noëlle McAfeeAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Habermas: Up from Heidegger
Martin Woessner on utopia, wandering in the desert, and meeting Habermas.....
Martin WoessnerAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Bongo Explosion: The Rebellious Dimension of Latin Music
Ilan Stavans and Alex Nava discuss the rhythmic, political, and spiritual dimensions of Latin American music.
Alex Nava, Ilan StavansAug 11, 2019
“The Lord of the Rings” as Lodestone: On Dome Karukoski’s “Tolkien”
The new biopic “Tolkien” is perhaps best understood as a prequel to “Lord of the Rings” — that is, to the film adaptations themselves.
Brian KennaAug 11, 2019
- Film
- SF
Writing Romance Novels as a Sacred Practice: An interview with Vanessa Zoltan
Cailey Hall talks with Vanessa Zoltan about Romance and how to read works in genre with new appreciation.
Cailey HallAug 11, 2019
Prosecutorial Indiscretion: A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Emily Bazelon discusses her new book, “Charged,” and the scandal of mass incarceration.
Travis LupickAug 10, 2019
- Law
- Politics
“Completely Unmasked at All Times”: On the Complete Piano Recordings of Oscar Levant
Joseph Horowitz listens to “A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant.”
Joseph HorowitzAug 10, 2019
- Music
Jamestown 2019
Camille DungyAug 10, 2019
- LARB Lit
A New View of the Fey Things: On “The Big Book of Classic Fantasy”
"The Big Book of Classic Fantasy," by embracing the strange and the esoteric, shows that classic fantasy has always been a more complex imaginative space
Ethan DavisonAug 10, 2019
- SF