Shedding a Tear for the Demise of Music
If for Shakespeare music was “the food of love,” today it has become a narrowly defined commodity.
If for Shakespeare music was “the food of love,” today it has become a narrowly defined commodity.
In a co-authored posthumous book, David Graeber turns our thinking about history on its head.
Pinker uses his own irrational methods to promote the rationality he approves of.
Adam Curtis’ latest documentary suggests that our society is dominated by the obsession of conspiring to both create and denounce conspiracy.
Elizabeth Taylor’s legacy is that she started a debate — more excitingly and decisively than any other artist — about the public and private spheres.
Investors, not artists, are to blame for the death of meaningful artistic creation.
The once-dominant Wagner phenomenon can tell us a lot about what we have become.
Steven Elleman provides an in-depth account of traveling through India.
