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The Point Magazine on Criticism
Criticism in Public: An interview with John Guillory
John Guillory’s forthcoming book Professing Criticism will force professors to rethink graduate education and challenge literary scholars to confront the paradoxes inherent to the discipline.
The Point Magazine on Literature
On the Hatred of Literature
When I was in college, at the end of the last century, the prevailing school of literary interpretation was called “New Historicism.” The foundational assumption …
The Point Magazine on Philosophy
Academic Philosophy and the Meaning of Life: Part Four
This is the final column in a four-part series by Helena de Bres on academic philosophy and the meaning of life.
Anger Management
This is part of a series of columns on public philosophy by Agnes Callard; read more here. Racism doesn’t tend to make me angry. You might […]
The Point Magazine on Politics
The Lull
Time seems to have come to a halt. Ennui builds—and yet, the stillness is rife with threat.
Everything Is Hyperpolitical
If hyperpolitics offers some tentative clues for analyzing the post-2008 epoch in the West, the concept can only be fully grasped as part of a broader chronology of the political forms—from mass…
«an exercise in collective amnesia: an attempt to banish the ideological specters of the last century and quietly stride into a private utopia»
The Point Magazine on Society
Intelligent Life
This essay appears in issue 29’s tech symposium. To read the rest of the issue when it comes out, subscribe now. Less than a hundred […]
Theories of Justice
Is decolonization, in its present guises, really so progressive? One of the most ambitious counterarguments is presented by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò in his provocative new book, “Against Decolonisation.”
The Point Magazine on Spirituality
Minor Resurrections
A few days after my youngest brother died last August, I started to think about Lazarus all the time.
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Academic Philosophy and the Meaning of Life: Part One
It’s not always clear what the average person is after when seeking life guidance from philosophers.
Criticism in Public: An interview with Lauren Michele Jackson
“I can’t account for what kind of encounter someone will have with what I write in turn. All I can do is have a good time telling readers about what I see in a work and hope that it’s interesting…
Education and Indoctrination
What’s the difference between education and indoctrination? We have been arguing about this question since the emergence of public schooling in the mid-nineteenth century.
After the End | The Point Magazine
We all responded to the events of 2020 in our own ways. Like many others, I spent large parts of my days searching through news […]
Bling Rings | The Point Magazine
There is a scene in Sofia Coppola’s 2013 film The Bling Ring that has, over time, become what I might call my favorite piece of dance.
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