The Sad Oracle
His chronicles of liberal discontent have made Michel Houellebecq one of the most renowned writers of the century as well as a far-right prophet. Yet liberalism’s fiercest critic still hasn’t found his alternative future.
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Anton Jäger
Anton Jäger is is a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, working on the history of populism in the United States. Together with Daniel Zamora, he is currently working on an intellectual history of basic income.
How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics
In the years before the 2008 crash, technocrats ensured political debate was relegated to the sidelines. Today, politics is everywhere – but it hasn’t returned in the way many might have hoped.
Hope Is Not Enough
In his latest book ‘Humankind,’ Rutger Bregman launches a 300-page defence of human nature against the Hobbesians – but without a political perspective, his hope begins to feel like self-help.
Coronavirus Against the Market
Coronavirus has exposed the fragility of global capitalism and left governments facing a choice – the survival of the market or the survival of humanity.