critical theory

3 min read 2022-05-07 00:30:26

A new and tendentious “scientific” field: Critical Ecology

A reader sent me this announcement of a talk given at Cornell University by a scientist from the California Academy of Science. I reproducethe

3 min read 2022-05-05 21:28:14

This academic year I am on sabbatical leave finishing three long-running projects and planning to focus more on applications of the archaeological

7 min read 2022-04-18 15:00:00

In my commencing article for this series, I posited that we in America have taken freedom for granted and now need to defend it, starting with

14 min read 2022-03-09 18:00:05

Lynne Layton is a psychoanalyst in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and part-time assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School.

1 min read 2022-02-17 22:01:09

The Virginia House of Delegates has passed historic legislation banning the use of Critical Race Theory-themed curriculum in the state’s K-12

7 min read 2022-02-11 01:00:03

I guess if Newsweek is the right-wing weekly of choice, then Time Magazine is its woke equivalent. The article below (free; click on screenshot) is

37 min read 2022-01-18 02:00:37

The Past & Present Reading Group recently held a workshop on ‘negative totality,’ read through the work of Chris O’Kane, who has developed

1 min read 2021-11-18 22:42:49

It’s going to take more than a ban on critical race theory to make Virginia schools great again. On Election Day, political newcomer Glenn

1 min read 2021-10-22 23:00:00

Henrik and Lana cover recent news in episode 143 of Flashback Friday. Show also

1 min read 2021-10-22 23:00:00

This is the audio version of the show. If you want to watch the video version go here. We have RSS/Podcast feeds available here. Henrik and Lana

1 min read 2021-10-01 19:00:00

Our October releases are not to be missed! Couplets: Travels in Speculative Pragmatism is a collection of twenty-four essential essays written by

1 min read 2021-09-28 19:00:00

In 2020 we launched Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study, a new series edited by Sarah Jane Cervenak and J. Kameron Carter. Now

1 min read 2021-09-20 22:30:50

Everyday, behaviors and customs that seem normal in a given culture are rooted in belief systems. When these behaviors are harmful, much effort may

1 min read 2021-09-13 22:30:17

This post by our good friend Robert Osburn originally appeared at The Wilberforce International Institute under the title “Stop Destroying Our

1 min read 2021-09-09 05:00:20

During the Past & Present Reading Group’s progress through Kohei Saito’s volume Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature and the