Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

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  The Mastery of Non-Mastery

  a narrative that, even when circling away to the streets of Paris or the souks of Tangiers, continually spirals back to the figures by the roadside

  Jennifer WallaceMar 30, 2012

  • Art & Architecture

  • Cultural Studies

  • Nonfiction

• The End of Mourning: On Tony Kushner

  many of us have spent the last decades living in a disappointed age, an age in which the entire notion of “revolution” became a joke

  Jess RowMar 15, 2012

  • Cultural Studies

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Politics

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  Church and State

  In his latest book, God is Red, Liao continues his study of the bottom rung of society by focusing on underground Christian communities in China.

  Albert WuMar 8, 2012

  • Cultural Studies

  • History

  • Nonfiction

• People Who Eat People

  While the cannibal was a prize specimen for theories of the state and human nature, he also posed a grave problem.

  Steven ShapinMar 7, 2012

  • Cultural Studies

  • History

  • Nonfiction

• Pop Will Meet Itself: Simon Reynolds's "Retromania"

  Whatever your take on this classically postmodern conundrum, you're liable to come away from Retromania with more questions than you had going in.

  Mike McGonigalJan 9, 2012

  • Cultural Studies

  • Nonfiction

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  Around the Table

  These unanticipated truffles hiding deep in the gratin dauphinois of Gopnik's larger story remind us that food permeates every facet of our lives.

  Thane TierneyNov 3, 2011

  • Cultural Studies

  • Food & Drink