"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
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.”
Mitchell Cohen explores the problematic afterlife of a foundational text of Western Marxism, .“History and Class Consciousness” by Georg Lukács.
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group.
Recent TV series have been imagining worlds without men. What does this absence make possible? asks Elizabeth Alsop.
Spencer J. Weinreich reviews Benjamin D. Weber’s “American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration.”
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”
Arundhati Roy accepts the Charles Veillon Foundation’s 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement.
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.
Alessandro Camon discusses the role storytelling played in the success of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood.
Rahul Sagar examines Aurelian Craiutu’s “Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals.”
Susan Neiman responds to Samuel Clowes Huneke’s review of her book “Left Is Not Woke,” and he answers back.
Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future”
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