Fredric Jameson, who died this week at age 90, was one of the last high theorists still standing. A key figure in the development of Marxist criticism, postmodernism and cultural theory, his works ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The fight over how schools are handling America’s history with race and discrimination continues to heat up. But what does it mean when people say it’s part of a seemingly endless culture war? The ...

Key specifics of how it worked with the Tree of Life massacre have been laid out clearly by Adam Serwer at the Atlantic, with a subhead that sums it up succinctly: “The president and his supporters ...

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