History

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

The Last Journey of Karl Marx
Jürgen Neffe on the last journey of Karl Marx, translated by Shelley Frisch.
Jürgen NeffeMar 16, 2018
Marx in Bizarro World
The dominant image of Marx that one is confronted with today is not simply distorted but inverted. Jason Read on Marx in Bizarro World.
Jason ReadMar 16, 2018
I Am Not a Marxist
Ana Stankovic on the un-tragic wrongness of Marx’s thought.
Ana StankovicMar 16, 2018
Marx’s Dyslexia
“How should Marx be read today? Or, rather, which Marx do we need to read?” Agon Hamza on “Marx’s Dyslexia.”
Agon HamzaMar 16, 2018
Muscular Sanity: The Language of Pain in Literature
Emily Wells on the language of pain in literature.
Emily WellsMar 14, 2018
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Don Franzen Talks with Adam Winkler on the Corporate Civil Rights Movement
LARB Legal Affairs editor Don Franzen interviews Adam Winkler about his new book "We the Corporations."
Don FranzenMar 11, 2018
Next! How Superpowers Change Places
Should the transition from British imperial power to American hegemony be seen as a model for the Chinese Century?
Ali WyneMar 6, 2018
A Historian’s Call to Arms
Anne Richardson reviews Mary Beard's "Women & Power: A Manifesto."
Anne RichardsonMar 5, 2018
“No Longer the Person I Was”: The Dazzling Correspondence of Albert Camus and Maria Casarès
Robert Zaretsky on the correspondence between Albert Camus and Maria Casarès.
Robert ZaretskyMar 4, 2018
The Slippery Search for Creativity
Dan Falk reviews two new books on the cause of creativity.
Dan FalkFeb 27, 2018
The Gay Conspirators: On Gregory Woods’s “Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World”
Dustin Friedman on Gregory Woods’s “Homintern,” a study of how homosexuals and queer culture shaped the modern world.
Dustin FriedmanFeb 25, 2018
Outside It Is Already Winter: Two New Books on Stalinist Terror
Patrick Kurp on “The Day Will Pass Away: The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard: 1935-1936” and “Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial.”
Patrick KurpFeb 21, 2018