W. J. T. Mitchell is Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago. He has been the editor of Critical Inquiry since 1978, and his latest book Image Science: Iconology, Media Aesthetics, and Visual Culture was published by Chicago University Press in 2015.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s “The Trolls of Academe”
David Horowitz responds to W. J. T. Mitchell's "The Trolls of Academe," and Mitchell offers his own rebuttal to Horowitz's reply....
The Trolls of Academe: Making Safe Spaces into Brave Spaces
W. J. T. Mitchell on David Horowitz and the alt-right assaults on free speech....
American Psychosis: Trumpism and the Nightmare of History
"Insanity in individuals is somewhat rare. But in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." — Friedrich Nietzsche...
The Evolution of the Last Dinosaur
Relatives and relationships, born or adopted, provide the fundamental social thematics of "The Good Dinosaur."...
