Hey! it’s the 150 anniversary of the publication of Capital by Karl Marx.
Here are all three volumes (in English) in PDF form.
Proms Extra: Opium and Creativity in the 19th c.
From Thomas De Quincy via Coleridge to Berlioz, a second-generation opium addict, Daisy Hay and Richard Davenport-Hines discuss why drugs were thought integral to creativity first in England and later…
The Voynich Manuscript and Truth on the Internet
It can be a little frightening for medievalists to see self-evidently wrongheaded interpretations spread like wood lice.
Why Science-Fiction Writers Couldn’t Imagine the Internet
On Star Trek, humans talked to computers—they even used something like floppy disks and memory sticks—but nowhere did crew members get information from ethereal machines whose locations and identities were…
Fire Management May Date Back 40,000 Years
Researchers Simon Haberle of Australian National University, and fire ecologist David Bowman, in cooperation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center, dated charcoal and pollen in the core sample, and determined that…
How the Vietnam War Broke the American Presidency
The war opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it. LBJ: It’s damned easy to get in a war, but it’s going to be awfully hard…
‘Carceral’ Spikes Amid Twitter Backlash
Of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison.
Why knights fought snails in medieval art
Medieval Memes Look in the margins of medieval books and you’ll find an unusual theme: knights vs. snails. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsi… Lillian…
What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics
Identity politics has its roots in an expansive, radical agenda. But you wouldn’t know that from its liberal critics. “We haven’t taken the intellectual contributions of black women seriously enough…
A Black Food Historian Explores His Bittersweet Connection To Robert E. Lee
Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans. {read}