A People’s History of Democracy: An Interview With Astra Taylor A People’s History of Democracy: An Interview With Astra Taylor
Her new film attempts to answer a vexing question:What Is Democracy?
Jan 28, 2019 / Q&A / Leah Rosenzweig
Who Owns Kafka? Who Owns Kafka?
The complicated legacy of the writer’s estate.
Oct 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself? Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself?
In his new book, the philosopher argues that political theory has obscured the history of racism in liberal societies.
Jul 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Lebron
What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster? What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster?
Hobbes for an age of accelerated climate change.
Jun 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
In Marx’s Republic In Marx’s Republic
Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?
Apr 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban
Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue
Enlighten us!… The renewable solution… Let them feel our fear…
Mar 29, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers
Encountering Ghosts in Family Photos, Historical Dolls, and ‘Black Panther’ Encountering Ghosts in Family Photos, Historical Dolls, and ‘Black Panther’
Mythmaking can connect the past to the present, and reveal a promised future.
Mar 9, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment
The genre that Pinker’s latest book most closely resembles is not 18th-century philosophie but a TED Talk.
Mar 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Freedom of Thought Freedom of Thought
Individual freedom may well be a particularly American illusion, but can it be used to support progressive politics?
Nov 28, 2017 / Brad Baranowski
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