11 Sep 2023 - 1:00am

Las Vegas is the future of the West Neil Postman foresaw our trivial dystopia

David Patrikarakos

28.08

Foucault foresaw our identity crisis We allow ourselves to be manipulated by institutional powers

Matt Feeney

14.08

Why you should read like a child Martin Amis was wrong about kids' books

Nikhil Krishnan

10.08

Stop comparing the West to Rome Hysterical parallels mask our true weakness

Alexander Poots

09.08

The cursed outposts of America’s empire Denis Johnson exposed the conceit of adventurism

Lily Lynch

08.08

Why you should be a thick traveller Intellectual voyeurism will stop you flourishing

Chris Arnade

04.08

The four thinkers who took on the mob Resisting the public beast is increasingly difficult

Kathleen Stock

03.08

The new paganism of the digital age Erik Davis forecast our era of mystic ecstasy

Rob Doyle

02.08

Did David Foster Wallace predict the future? Our world is more dystopian than Infinite Jest

Sarah Ditum

01.08

In defence of critical theory Deluded disciples obscure its true value

John Michael Greer