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On Walter Benjamin’s Legacy: A Correspondence Between Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno
Susan H. Gillespie and Samantha Rose Hill translate the correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Walter Benjamin’s Last Work
Samantha Rose Hill considers the continent-spanning turmoil that has marked the publication of Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History."
Love Gone Wrong: A Philosopher’s Take on “Vertigo”
Robert Sinnerbrink reviews Robert B. Pippin's "The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness."
Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” and the Banality of Good
Sam Buckland considers Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” as a philosophical photo-negative of Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.”
The Art of Conjecturing: On Karen Olsson’s “The Weil Conjectures”
Michael J. Barany reviews Karen Olsson’s “The Weil Conjectures,” a hybrid elegy and memoir about the power of conjecturing — in math, life, and writing.
The Professional Stranger: On Abdelkebir Khatibi’s “Plural Maghreb”
A major new translation of essays by a seminal Moroccan scholar of postcolonialism.
Is There a Crisis of Truth?
Historian of Science Steven Shapin turns the screw on the notion that “truth” is in crisis.
Reading “The Hundreds,” After Theory
What teaching Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart's "The Hundreds" taught Casey Dawson and Christopher Schaberg.
Pointing to the Trap
LARB gender and sexuality editor Eric Newman considers “Females” by Andrea Long Chu.
The Limits of the Bit
Kay Gabriel confronts “Females” by Andrea Long Chu.
The Thousand Masks of the Unreal
Sam Gee reviews a recent biography of Martin Buber, as well as the recent republication of Buber's "Daniel: Dialogues on Realization."
Critique and Tradition: A Conversation with Susan Buck-Morss
The celebrated political philosopher discusses her new book, “Revolution Today,” and the importance of transdisciplinary thinking.
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