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Edward Said and the Task of the Intellectual Today
What does a new edition of Edward Said’s classic ‘Representations of the Intellectual’ reveal in the context of the crisis in Gaza?
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Sister Acts: Why Nuns Are Showing Up Everywhere
What’s familiar and what’s new about our current fascination with the figure and the mystery of the nun, from Rosalía to self-help books.
Ascetic Ghosts in the Machine
M. D. Usher on Paul Kingsnorth’s impassioned and flawed new manifesto against the pervasiveness of technology in modern life.
A Guide to Living in and with Nature
What the ancients can teach us about cultivating a sustainable world.
Our Ordeal Is Worth It
Mona Fastvold’s ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ presents a musical American allegory of the Great Awakening that is ‘fundamentally carnal, even if its heroine is decidedly not.’
God Bites the Dust
Scott Bradfield interviews S. T. Joshi about the second volume of “The Downfall of God.”
When Story Loses the Plot
Hannah H. Kim ponders the plotless narrative as a tool for meaning-making.
Ambivalence and Devotion
Karen E. Park explores Kristin Grady Gilger’s “mother memoir” about her son’s most troubling decision: to become a Catholic priest.
Herzog in the Jungle of Truth
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
In the Shadow of Yesterday
Aurelian Craiutu thinks about Balázs Trencsényi’s “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History.”
A Mole in MAGA’s Midst
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
What’s the Difference Between a God and a Monster?
Heather Macumber reviews Brandon Grafius’s “Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture.”
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