New review just published online in the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books:
Jamie Keesling on Anselm Jappe's The Self-Devouring Society: Capitalism, Narcissism, and Self-Destruction
https://t.co/zB9PqLb91z
“When I saw your name on an e-mail yesterday, it was simply … well, I do not have words. Except. Thank you. It is so kind and generous of you to write.”
Online today, correspondence between the late Helen Vender and Christopher Bollas.
https://t.co/xP4KjISLTM
NYPL is giving away 4,000 copies of books by James Baldwin at select branches this summer and fall to celebrate his 100th birthday! Check out where you can get one to take home. Limited to one book per patron while supplies last. https://t.co/AkmqaU10A7
Theodor Adorno: There's laughter because there's nothing to laugh about.
Bertolt Brecht: The man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible news.
Walter Benjamin: There's no better trigger for thinking than laughter.
Hannah Arendt: Laughter is a form of self-sovereignty.