Tag: "culture & society"

Encounters With The (Post) Sublime

Siobhan Lyons asks where we can find the sublime in the modern world.
[Issue 132 :: June/July 2019 :: Articles]

Philosopher at a Film Festival

Thomas E. Wartenberg reports from the 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
[Issue 132 :: June/July 2019 :: Films]

Secure in Sindh

Seán Moran gets to grips with guards.
[Issue 132 :: June/July 2019 :: Street Philosopher]

How Can Anybody Change Culture?

Kevin Brinkmann tells us, with the help of Althusser, Gramsci and Mannheim.
[Issue 131 :: April/May 2019 :: Question Marx]

Against Stupidity in the Media

Angela Phillips is the winner of Philosophy Now’s 2019 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. She gave this acceptance talk at Conway Hall in January.
[Issue 131 :: April/May 2019 :: Articles]

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Martin Jenkins traces the life of a self-made woman.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Brief Lives]

The Functions of Art

by Grant Bartley
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Editorial]

Can Art Fight Fascism?

Justin Kaushall considers Adorno’s argument that radical art radically changes consciousness.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Arts & Letters]

The Case Against Conceptual Art

Trevor Pateman makes the case for the prosecution.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Arts & Letters]

Creating the Beautiful Society

Francis Akpata explains how Schiller saw art as a path to utopia.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Arts & Letters]

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