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Our Spring 2012 issue features Erwin Panofsky, Tommie Shelby, Mark McGurl and more. Click through for the Table of Contents and links.
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Coming soon: a Special Issue on photography, plus W.J.T. Mitchell, Bernard Harcourt and Michael Taussig on Occupy, and more.
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In the Moment: The CI Blog features theoretically sophisticated interventions in current politics, art, and scholarship by CI’s board members and contributors
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Comics: Philosophy & Practice
A Conference on the Empathetic Doodle, 18–20 May, University of Chicago. Featuring an all-star lineup of the medium's leading practioners—and streaming live on this site. Click through for details.
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Since 2003, the Critical Inquiry Distinguished Visiting Professorship has been held by some of the world’s most renowned scholars. Our Critical Inquiry Visiting Professor for 2011-2012 will be Leo Bersani. Click through for info on upcoming events.
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Dossier: Miriam Bratu Hansen
To celebrate the publication of Miriam Bratu Hansen's long-awaited Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, we present a short film by Christina Petersen along with some of Hansen's major articles from our archive.
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Available only online: Richard Waswo discusses intoxication, trade, and what separates humans from the rest of the animals.
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W. J. T. Mitchell's Report from Morocco, March 2012
Current art and politics in Morocco. Photo: Batoul S'him, World Pressure VI. Click through for more.
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