I Hate to Wait: On Jason Farman’s “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World”
Lydia Pyne impatiently explores “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World” by Jason Farman.
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
Lydia Pyne impatiently explores “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World” by Jason Farman.
Lydia PyneDec 12, 2018
Antonia Flood dives into “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero” by Charles Sprawson.
Antonia FloodDec 9, 2018
Ed Simon dances with Steven Hyden’s “Twilight of the Gods.”
Ed SimonDec 2, 2018
A top media historian explains our culture’s fascination with zombies, caped crusaders, and other vigilantes.
Scott TimbergNov 30, 2018
Jeffrey Lawrence discusses Montgomery’s new Legacy Museum and its radical approach to African-American history.
Jeffrey LawrenceNov 19, 2018
Ross Wolfe presents a translation of Ivan Segré’s critical review of “Whites, Jews, and Us” by Houria Bouteldja.
Ivan Segré, Ross WolfeNov 14, 2018
Sasha Razor interviews Juliane Fürst, curator of “Socialist Flower Power: Soviet Hippie Culture” at the Wende Museum.
Sasha RazorNov 9, 2018
Sarah Mesle interviews ASA President Roderick Ferguson about this year's upcoming ASA conference, "States of Emergence."
Sarah MesleNov 6, 2018
Philip Sayers on the difficulty and importance of recovering Roland Barthes’s engagement of the neutral in our political moment.
Philip SayersNov 4, 2018
Robert Zaretsky contemplates “How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life,” a selection of Epictetus’s thought translated by A. A. Long.
Robert ZaretskyOct 30, 2018
M. Buna interviews Oxana Timofeeva about her book “The History of Animals: A Philosophy.”
M. BunaOct 27, 2018
The internet’s quintessential, paradoxical message is “Only Connect.”
Stephen MarcheOct 15, 2018