World-Historical Worries World-Historical Worries
David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess
Aug 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Roane Carey: Military Occupation Has Turned Israel Into a Brutal Regime Roane Carey: Military Occupation Has Turned Israel Into a Brutal Regime
Nation editor Roane Carey joins a panel to unpack the Israeli documentary The Law in These Parts.
Aug 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
White Is the New White White Is the New White
It’s time white women drop the practice of authenticating—and profiting from—the experiences of women of color.
Aug 16, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli
Two photographers focus on the difficulties of putting words to what one sees.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fascist Sympathies: On Dorothea Brande Fascist Sympathies: On Dorothea Brande
Wake Up and Live! reveals the connection between the radical individualism of 1930s self-help manuals and fascist politics.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scutts
Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way
Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen
‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek ‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek
An online dustup between two pop star penseurs shows them staggering through afterlives.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
For and Against Method For and Against Method
A painter who never lost sight of life’s being perpetually in transition.
Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Martín Adan’s The Cardboard House; José Manuel Prieto’s Encyclopedia of a Life in Russia
Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovelas Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovelas
All wars have their bards, and Mexico’s ongoing narco wars are no exception.
Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi