The essays in Aesthetics Equals Politics make the case for a reignited understanding of aesthetics—one that casts aesthetics not as illusory, subjective, or superficial, but as a more encompassing ...

If eyes are the window to the soul, then eyeliner could be seen as amplifying the soul's purpose. It was around this time that Zahra Hankir – author or "Eyeliner: A Cultural History" – also deepened ...

What is most revealing about the MAGA aesthetic is its studied ugliness. On one side stands the grotesque excess of ...

Alway, Joan. Critical Theory and Political Possibilities: Conceptions of Emancipatory Politics in the Works of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas. Westport, CT ...

“Ocasio-Cortez’s uses of Instagram seem to be less about humanizing an individual politician than about politicizing humans; that is, bringing more humans, particularly young humans, into the fold and ...

President Donald Trump is about to get the made-for-TV image that he has always wanted. On June 14 — also his birthday and Flag Day — Trump is set to oversee a military parade featuring tanks, ...

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Without ending the metaphorization of the East, without moving beyond seeing Kurds as folkloric figures or tragic characters, true confrontation is not possible. Orientalism is not so much about ...