The Truth of Lockdown, and its Escape
Daniel Defoe and John Donne’s alternative languages of disease and isolation—and their meaning now.
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Where Do Identity Politics Come From?
Identity politics is an expression of mass political demobilization, but it is also undergirded by the power of the nonprofit sector.
Against Social Justice Therapy
Social Justice Therapy offers a new guarantee of living the righteous middle-class dream, and risks, despite its intentions, involving therapists in a fraud.
The Pitfalls of Polemic, or How to Criticize the Crankiest Class of Critics
A review of Catherine Liu’s <em>Virtue Hoarders</em>.
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
We live in the most annoying of all possible worlds. So why is it so hard to talk about it?
The Record Has Shown
A review of Sarah Schulman’s new oral history, <em>Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.</em>
What is Limbic Capitalism?
An interview with historian David Courtwright on his new book, <em>The Age of Addiction.</em>
