Litonomics
Economics and literary criticism are far from mutually uncomprehending strangers.
Tag: Enlightenment
The Economic Imagination
The magical thinking of economists is a pathology of thought with deep historical roots.
Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony
Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Ferguson Syllabus
A lesson from tragedy: Why citizenship does not remedy racial inequality. A popular refrain from protesters in Ferguson. The death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Missouri police officer in Ferguson just over two weeks ago has reinvigorated a contentious national conversation about …
The Unholy Trinity of the French Enlightenment
How mystics, radicals, and philosophers shared heretical views of the self in 18th-century France. A Q&A with CHARLY COLEMAN The traditional consensus on the Enlightenment describes a compellingly simple narrative. It portrays humankind’s emergence from the shadows of blind faith and self-denial to its discovery …
