Philosophy & Religion

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Did Foucault Reinvent His History of Sexuality Through the Prism of Neoliberalism?
Daniel Zamora and Mitchell Dean draw parallels between Michel Foucault’s “History of Sexuality” and the rise of neoliberalism.
Daniel Zamora, Mitchell DeanApr 18, 2018
The City and the Pen: An Excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual”
LARB presents an excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual,” translated by David Fernbach and out this month from Verso.
Shlomo SandApr 17, 2018
Beast Mode
Colin Dickey on Peter Sahlins’s “1668: The Year of the Animal in France”
Colin DickeyApr 15, 2018
Antonio Damasio, Feeling, and the Evolution of Consciousness: Siri Hustvedt on “The Strange Order of Things”
Consciousness is embodied, enacted, and extended. “The mind” can't be cut off from our corporeal existence in the world and our interactions with it.
Siri HustvedtApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
The Strange Business of Being in the World
On David E. Cooper's "Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life."
John ShandApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
Liberation Utopias: Houria Bouteldja on Feminism, Anti-Semitism, and the Politics of Decolonization
A book that demystifies the fairy tales France tells about itself.
Ben RatskoffApr 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
“The Genius to Glue Them Together”: On René Girard and His Ideas
An excerpt from Cynthia L. Haven’s “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard,” which will appear from Michigan State University Press on April 1.
Cynthia L. HavenMar 25, 2018
Time and Freedom in Jason Barker’s “Marx Returns”
Nina Power on time and freedom in “Marx Returns” by Jason Barker.
Nina PowerMar 16, 2018
“Young Marx” at the Bridge Theatre London: An Interview with the Writer Clive Coleman
Jason Barker speaks to Clive Coleman, co-writer with Richard Bean of “Young Marx,” a play about Marx and his family’s early years in London.
Jason BarkerMar 16, 2018
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