James Williams argues that one of the main lessons of the search for an egalitarian sublime is that exceptional achievements in sports should not be called ‘sublime’.
Category: Cultural Studies
Catherine Belsey discusses our love for ghost stories. Follow her on a spine-tingling journey of our facination with Christmas hauntings.
International Relations
A forgotten rivalry in the Caucasus: 30 years of Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
Laurence Broers writes on the 30-year Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict: one of the most embittered territorial disputes in the world.
Bill Jenkins introduces us to the short life and tragic death of Henry H. Cheek, a pre-Darwinian evolutionist. At the…
Cultural Studies
An interview with Wyatt Moss-Wellington, author of ‘Narrative Humanism’ and co-editor of ‘ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze’
Wyatt Moss-Wellington is Assistant Professor in Media and Communication Studies at The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He is the…
Film and TV
Philosophical Filmmaking is Alive and Well in Russia: Three Russia-Based Directors with Roots in Philosophy
Alyssa DeBlasio The Russian novel has long been synonymous with philosophical literature. These are the unwieldy and existentially thick novels…
“One Day More”: Les Misérables and the Hong Kong Protests
Tom Ue discusses the relation between Les Misérables and the Hong Kong Protests
Film and TV
An interview with Michelle Devereaux, author of ‘The Stillness of Solitude: Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film’
The Stillness of Solitude: Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film is available now in the Traditions in American Cinema series….
By Sarah Cooper I revisited my local Odeon cinema in London recently, just prior to receiving the advance copies of…
By Kim Wilkins This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Spike Jonze’s first feature film, Being John Malkovich. Until Being John…