One Feels a Malady: On Robert N. Watson’s “Cultural Evolution and its Discontents”
William Flesch reviews "Cultural Evolution and its Discontents: Cognitive Overload, Parasitic Cultures, and the Humanistic Cure."
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
William Flesch reviews "Cultural Evolution and its Discontents: Cognitive Overload, Parasitic Cultures, and the Humanistic Cure."
William FleschJun 7, 2019
Two new books about the complex afterlives of human bones.
Lydia PyneJun 5, 2019
Anthropologist, author, and filmmaker Diane Tober explores what it means to be human in the biotech age.
Diane ToberJun 4, 2019
Roy Scranton reviews two new books by Bill McKibben and David Wallace-Wells, examining why they don't go nearly far enough.
Roy ScrantonJun 3, 2019
LARB presents an excerpt from “Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism” by Geert Lovink.
Geert LovinkMay 20, 2019
Suzanne Koven turns her ear to “Heart: A History” by Sandeep Jauhar.
Suzanne KovenMay 13, 2019
“Genesis 2.0” is a panoramic master class in the strange unmodernity of modern science.
James DelbourgoMay 10, 2019
Michael J. Barany reviews "Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe" by Steven Strogatz.
Michael J. BaranyMay 9, 2019
Brad Evans speaks with Davide Panagia, author of “Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s Histories of Violence...
Brad EvansMay 6, 2019
Is Justin E. H. Smith's assemblage of material actually illuminating? Yes, but only sometimes.
Evan SelingerMay 4, 2019
A review of Ernst Kapp's 1877 work, which represents "an important forerunner in theories of media and culture."
William StewartMay 2, 2019
"A kind of emptiness makes the green spaces of The Spheres feel more like a branding move on Amazon’s part than a facility to be used by actual...
Sheila LimingApr 26, 2019