The links between the Trump administration and critical theory are less surprising than they might seem.
Category: Wild Theory
“Metamodernism” offers a lens for interpreting the contradictory impulses of liberalism in recent years.
Hi-tech networked control and archaic sacrificial systems may seem like opposites, but in fact, they complement each other.
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“Karen” and the Maenads
“Karen” videos and similar viral images project the threat of social breakdown onto spectacles of ranting women – much like the Maenads of ancient Greece.
The recent toppling of statues reveals the triumph of what Nietzsche called “critical history” over “monumental history.”
The In-Group Contrarian is a simultaneously marginal and a central figure for understanding social media dynamics.