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Pankaj Mishra on the Violent Transition to Modernity
Pankaj Mishra, leading global thinker, on violence and history.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Vote for Trump
From Rousseau to Trump? Adam Fleming Petty analyzes the Enlightenment roots of our current political anger.
Thinging the Real: On Bill Brown’s “Other Things”
Jeanette Samyn is an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Wesleyan University. It's not that easy says Bill Brown
Philosophes sans Frontièrs
Robert Sinnerbrink on Carlos Fraenkel's "Teaching Plato in Palestine."
A Conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy
Ann Louise Bardach interviews Bernard-Henri Lévy about his latest book, « The Genius of Judaism. »
Political Surrealism, Surreal Politics
China Miéville takes on Surrealism, exploring how to be as radical as reality in art and in politics.
Heidegger and Anti-Semitism Yet Again: The Correspondence Between the Philosopher and His Brother Fritz Heidegger Exposed
Heidegger’s letters to his brother show him to have been far more committed to National Socialism than his apologists have argued.
The Becoming-Literature of the World: Pheng Cheah’s Case for World Literature
Shir Alon examines the concept of world literature put forward in “What Is a World?” by Pheng Cheah.
Both a Fish and an Ichthyologist: On Viktor Shklovsky’s Diverse Achievement
Adrian Nathan West appreciates the diversity of “Viktor Shklovsky: A Reader” edited by Alexandra Berlina.
Always One More Time: On Walter Benjamin’s “One-Way Street” and “The Storyteller”
Michael Blum takes a fresh look at the shorter work of Walter Benjamin.
To Read is to Choose
Christina Lupton on Matthew Rubery's "The Untold Story of the Talking Book."
Breaking Godwin’s Law: Stoddard Martin’s “Monstrous Century”
Houman Barekat appreciates the old-school rigor of “Monstrous Century: Essays in The Age of the Feuilleton” by Stoddard Martin.
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