A Declaration of Decadence
Mary Jane Rubenstein’s real target in “Astrotopia” is not the corporate space race, but the very ideas of humanism and progress.
Robert Zubrin
· 7 min read
Review
A collection of 130 posts
World War Z
A new book by historian Ian Garner investigates how the war in Ukraine is transforming Russia into a fascist society.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
Uncomfortable History
Grappling with Western misdeeds does not require us turn indigenous tribes into pious exemplars of moral instruction.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 5 min read
Crisis Management
Martin Wolf’s new book is a work of sombre brilliance, but it fails to grapple effectively with the postliberal analysis of what ails liberal democracies.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
A Universe of Fizzled Stars
Is failure to succeed as bad as the fall from success?
Thomas Larson
· 11 min read
Heavy Lifting
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession.
Joe Lombardo
· 10 min read
Marching Backwards
Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection.
Marilyn Simon
· 14 min read
Heidegger’s Downfall
Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance.
Jeffrey Herf
· 18 min read
The Liberal Internationalist
A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
Michael J. Totten
· 19 min read
Colonialism and Its Discontents
Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.
John Lloyd
· 16 min read
The Inner Life of Transcendent Genius
In ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 13 min read
America’s Forgotten Crisis
A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today.
Michael J. Totten
· 14 min read
How Do They Know This?
An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 6 min read
Islamist Terror; Journalistic Error
In a valuable new book, historian Richard Landes argues that Western reporting on the Second Palestinian Intifada helped to seed a misunderstanding of terrorism.
Jeffrey Herf
· 19 min read
Murakami On Writing
In his new book, Murakami attempts to set the limits of what he wants people to know about him—and that isn’t much.
David S. Wills
· 11 min read