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  1. Our Current Issue

    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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  2. Web Exclusive:
    Read articles before they appear in print and learn what's next…

    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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  3. In the Moment:  The CI Blog

    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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  4. 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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  5. The CI Professor: Leo Bersani

    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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  6. 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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  7. A Theory of (Almost) Everything

    Available only online: Richard Waswo discusses intoxication, trade, and what separates humans from the rest of the animals.

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  8. 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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