One of my favorite stories about the days of literary High Theory is told by the feminist critic Sandra Gilbert. In the late ‘80s, Gilbert was interviewing a candidate for a job in Princeton ...

There are many ways to understand the tendency roiling liberal-democratic politics in recent years, from the outcome of the Brexit vote and the presidency of Donald Trump to the surge in support for ...

The digital technologies that enable much of what we think of as modern life have introduced new risks into the world and amplified some old ones. Attitudes towards risks arising from our use of both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold their ground near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as New York City police ...

For philosophy majors, cultural theorists and anyone interested in a Marxist/Lacanian perspective on popular culture, watching “Zizek!” will be like attending basketball camp led by Michael Jordan.

Wikipedia had an entry on “Cultural Marxism” but it redirects the reader to Cultural Marxism Conspiracy Theory. I read on, and discovered that, according to Wikipedia, Cultural Marxism is “a far-right ...

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Osmond Wang, 10, lights a candle to pay his respects at the memorial for 11 people who died in a mass shooting during Lunar New Year celebrations outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey ...

A new evolutionary model shows that a cultural drive to fight for fighting's sake, even when there is no benefit for the winner, can explain the evolution of intergroup conflict in human societies.

There are many ways to understand the tendency roiling liberal-democratic politics in recent years, from the outcome of the Brexit vote and the presidency of Donald Trump to the surge in support for ...