Bruce Robbins

Bruce Robbins is Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His most recent book is  The Beneficiary.

Marx for Our Times

Marx for Our Times Marx for Our Times

A new book explores the social democratic impulses and Jewish origins of Karl Marx.

Apr 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics

John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics

Caught between town and country, love and criticism, the English writer’s work tracks the political evolution of his generation.

Feb 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Can Humanitarianism Address Inequality?

Can Humanitarianism Address Inequality? Can Humanitarianism Address Inequality?

In his new book, French anthropologist Didier Fassin argues that if humanitarians are to save life they need to rethink the global structures that sustain it. 

Apr 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Lara Alqasem

On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine

The big story in the United States is the growing support for the Palestinian cause, and for a just and viable Israel that gives equal rights to all its citizens.

Nov 1, 2018 / Bruce Robbins

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

The Other Foucault

The Other Foucault The Other Foucault

What led the French theorist of madness and sexuality to politics?

Nov 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

The Red Emigrant

The Red Emigrant The Red Emigrant

For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.

Mar 30, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

A Starting Point for Politics

A Starting Point for Politics A Starting Point for Politics

The radical life and times of Stuart Hall.

Oct 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Letters Letters

SUCH, SUCH WERE THE JOYS... Washington, DC

Dec 9, 2004 / Letters / Our Readers, Jeremy Bernstein, and Bruce Robbins

Prisoner of Love Prisoner of Love

I was introduced to Bernard-Henri Lévy this spring at a stop on his latest book tour. It was a few minutes before he was due to face the audience.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

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