Politics and Economics

The “New Antisemitism” and the Logic of Whiteness
Megan Wachspress argues that the relationship of leftist activists to their own whiteness is shaping the current wave of anti-Israeli campus protests....
Megan WachspressNov 29
- Politics and Economics
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets”
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang.”...
Benno WeinerNov 28
Philosophy in Times Like These
Vanessa Wills argues that philosophical engagement is a necessary alternative to anti-intellectual nihilism and resurgent authoritarianism....
Vanessa WillsNov 27
Purging the Poisons of Racism: On George Yancy’s “Until Our Lungs Give Out”
Clevis Headley reviews George Yancy’s “Until Our Lungs Give Out: Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future.”...
Clevis HeadleyNov 26
- Philosophy
- Politics and Economics
Going Mad: On Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Drinking from Graveyard Wells”
Jenna N. Hanchey reviews Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Drinking from Graveyard Wells.”...
Jenna N. HancheyNov 22
The Many Worlds of China: On Joshua Kurlantzick’s “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive” and Michael Berry’s “Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke”
Yangyang Cheng reviews Joshua Kurlantzick’s “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World” and Michael Berry’s “Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke.”...
Yangyang ChengNov 18
Georg Lukács’s Two Natures: The Centenary of “History and Class Consciousness”
Mitchell Cohen explores the problematic afterlife of a foundational text of Western Marxism, .“History and Class Consciousness” by Georg Lukács....
Mitchell CohenNov 17
- Philosophy
- Politics and Economics
Thinking Was for Later; Movement Was for Now: On the Vortex Group’s “George Floyd Uprising”
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group....
Jamie PeckNov 6
Where the Boys Aren’t
Recent TV series have been imagining worlds without men. What does this absence make possible? asks Elizabeth Alsop....
Elizabeth AlsopNov 3
- Politics and Economics
- Television
Not Only in America: On Benjamin D. Weber’s “American Purgatory”
Spencer J. Weinreich reviews Benjamin D. Weber’s “American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration.”...
Spencer J. WeinreichOct 28
- History
- Politics and Economics
A Man Without a Country: On Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America”
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”...
Chris YogerstOct 26
You Mustn’t Pretend You Didn’t Know: Arundhati Roy on the Condition of India Under Modi
Arundhati Roy accepts the Charles Veillon Foundation’s 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement....
Arundhati RoyOct 21
Who Gets to Set the Research Agenda for the Planet? On Lorraine Daston’s “Rivals”
Deborah Coen pushes back against one part of Lorraine Daston’s “Rivals: How Scientists Learned to Cooperate” by arguing that what constitutes “success” is a matter of who is part of the scientific conversation (and who is not)—and thus a matter of standpoint....
Deborah R. CoenOct 17
The Hollywood Strikes: How Storytelling Won the Day for Writers
Alessandro Camon discusses the role storytelling played in the success of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood....
Alessandro CamonOct 15
Can You Reason with a Radical? On Aurelian Craiutu’s “Why Not Moderation?”
Rahul Sagar examines Aurelian Craiutu’s “Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals.”...
Rahul SagarOct 12
- Philosophy
- Politics and Economics
Letter to the Editor: Response from Susan Neiman on “Left Is Not Woke”
Susan Neiman responds to Samuel Clowes Huneke’s review of her book “Left Is Not Woke,” and he answers back....
Samuel Clowes HunekeOct 8
- Politics and Economics
When “Postliberalism” Means Reaction: On Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change”
Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future”...
Jeffrey C. IsaacOct 7
- Philosophy
- Politics and Economics
Reading with the Children of War: A Conversation with Khrystia Vengryniuk
Kate Tsurkan interviews Khrystia Vengryniuk....
Kate TsurkanOct 6
- Politics and Economics
The Struggle Continues: On Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn”
Tyler McBrien reviews Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.”...
Tyler McBrienOct 3
Addressing the China Challenge: Realisms Right and Wrong
What does the future hold for US–China relations, and what does it mean to be realistic about that future?...
Jonathan KirshnerOct 2
- Politics and Economics
Ostalgie: Revisiting East Germany
Does nostalgia for the old East Berlin come from a deeper longing for socialism?...
Matthew LongoOct 1
World Revolution of Youth! On Abigail Susik’s “Resurgence!”
Johanna Isaacson reviews Abigail Susik’s anthology “Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement, 1964–1967.”...
Johanna IsaacsonSep 30
- Art
- Politics and Economics
Where Life Is Precious, Life Is Precious. And Surely That’s Not Here: On Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars”
Salem James Martinez reviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars.”...
Salem James MartinezSep 29
The Law-Breaking Supreme Court: On Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket”
Andrew Koppelman reviews Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.”...
Andrew KoppelmanSep 27