Contributors: Peter Hudis, Alison Ross, Esperança Bielsa, Jodie Lee Heap, Andrea Lanza, Gerard Delanty, Neal Harris, Ali Rıza Taşkale, Jeremy Smith, Kevin Blachford, Eduardo de la Fuente, Wayne Hudson, John Lechte, J. F. Dorahy, Gary Pearce, Henry Paternoster, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Andrew Simon Gilbert, Greg Melleuish
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Victor Weisbrod, James Kent, Olmo Gölz, Alan Scott, Clive Gabay, Katariina Kaura-aho, Sighard Neckel, Jon Stratton, Fu Qilin, Katie Terezakis
Andreas Reckwitz, The Society of Singularities (Polity 2020)
The End of Illusions (Polity 2021)
Reviewed by Peter Beilharz, Sichuan University
Zygmunt Bauman,
Culture and Art: Selected Writings Vol.1 (Polity, 2020)
Reviewed by Peter Beilharz, Sichuan University
It’s been several weeks since we launched our special online series of essays and photo-essays; engaging with the pandemic in the real-time of its making. Our aim has been to document the thoughts (and lived-experience) of authors and artists from diverse locations, cultural/political contexts and from different intellectual perspectives. Below you will find a list of the articles published to date.
by Donald Sassoon
Consuming culture in almost complete isolation has been possible for years but under the conditions of the current pandemic we are encouraged and even obliged to do so.
Between Adolescence and Anger: The ‘new’ South Africa nears Twenty This issue features prominent South African political theorists, sociologists, and public figures. It contains an interview with the late Jakes Gerwel – statesman, academic, activist – and several penetrating and insightful papers. The authors explore issues of race, gender, politics, culture, and arts in past…
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