History

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

Up Out of the Darkness: A New History of Monsters
Colin Dickey reviews Leo Braudy’s “Haunted: Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds.”
Colin DickeyDec 11, 2016
- History
- Literary Criticism
Pig, Pig, Pig: Eating Spain with Matt Goulding
Matt Goulding fell in love with Spain, Spanish food, and his Spanish wife, in that order.
Samantha Reid AviñaDec 8, 2016
- Food & Drink
- History
Beyond the Pineapple Tract: Mapping Utopian Los Angeles
Bonnie Johnson explores LA’s utopian past and argues for a utopian future.
Bonnie JohnsonNov 28, 2016
No Easy Answers: Susan Rubin Suleiman on “The Némirovsky Question”
Robert Zaretsky explains that there are no easy answers in “The Némirovsky Question” by Susan Rubin Suleiman.
Robert ZaretskyNov 24, 2016
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
Recasting California Art History
A review of a four-volume reference work on California women artists.
Liz GoldnerNov 23, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- History
How a Nation Lost Its Mind
P. M. Candler on how Hitler was packaged and sold to the masses.
Pete CandlerNov 20, 2016
- History
- Politics
No Mind To Lose: On Brainwashing
Rob Horning reviews Scott Selisker’s “Human Programming: Brainwashing, Automatons, and American Unfreedom.”
Rob HorningNov 13, 2016
- History
The Patty Hearst Story: Too Bizarre to Make Up
Laurie L. Levenson on Jeffrey Toobin's "American Heiress."
Laurie L. LevensonNov 9, 2016
- History
- Law
A Victim of Its Own Success: Mary Beard Discusses the Collapse of the Roman Republic
Don Franzen talks to Mary Beard about her new book, "SPQR," and how the Roman Republic differs from the American government.
Don FranzenNov 8, 2016
- History
- Politics
The Supermanagerial Reich
The managerial class and the crisis of democracy.
Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Raphaële ChappeNov 7, 2016
A Response to Holger Syme
Sir Brian Vickers defends his book The One King Lear.
Brian VickersNov 6, 2016
- History
- Literary Criticism
On Writing a History of Crispr-Cas9
An essay about writing a history of the invention of gene-editing technology.
Jim KozubekNov 4, 2016
- History
- Science & Technology