Christian Sorace

I am delighted to share a new essay I wrote on Sloterdijk's spherology, the Secret History of the Mongols, placenta burial, and @Tawei_Chi's science fiction, out with Critical Times read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times…

Read this new essay from Christian Sorace (@Bartleby) in The Ideas Letter: "On the Perils of Comparing Trump to Mao". theideasletter.org/essay/when-a-h…

New from The Ideas Letter: "On the Perils of Comparing Trump to Mao" by Christian Sorace: theideasletter.org/essay/when-a-h…

"Ai's art . . . is a confrontation of the Chinese state with its own (virtual) historical legacy." From our Winter 2014 issue, read Christian Sorace's "China's Last Communist": journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

Please join us for THE ANGEL OF HISTORY Can we redeem the past? Do catastrophe and redemption go hand in hand? A performance by Manu Bazzano and discussion with Christian Sorace (@Bartleby) 28 February, 5-7pm followed by wine reception Register Now: tinyurl.com/44un5b6m

Here's my take on this year's Nobel prize in economics. I highlight that it exposes how the economics discipline fails to ask critical questions about colonialism, imperialism and the universality of western institutions. theconversation.com/this-years-nob…

Very excited to host Simon Critchley who will talk about his new book On Mysticism - sign up using the link!

In our new issue, Christian Sorace @Bartleby explores historical continuities in urban renewal in Ulaanbaatar, from Mongolia's socialist era to the capitalist present, as the informal districts of yurts still defy official modernization schemes. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…

Now booking: Simon Critchley On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy | The Boutwood Lecture Wed 30 Oct 17.30 tickettailor.com/events/corpusc…

NEW ISSUE! Issue 7:2 of Critical Times is out now from @DukePress ! Featuring Christian Sorace, Lisa Guenther, @NeilVallelly, @HHamayel2, and many more. You can access all of the articles here: read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times…

Our annual Russia and Eurasia issue is out! Alexander Libman @oei_news on Russia’s war economy, Tatiana Zhurzhenko @ZOiS_Berlin on Ukraine’s rebordering, Karolina Kluczewska @ugent on Dushanbe, Christian Sorace @Bartleby on Ulaanbaatar… online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…

As New Yorkers protested a recent police mass shooting by collectively hopping turnstiles, we are reminded of this piece by @MayaMSinghal on fare evasion as interracial solidarity. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/02/12/bro…

The new issue of MIC is out! In it, we focus on what remains of cultural differences at the end of the dream of communist pluralism and ethnic autonomy and on how Blackness has been imagined, defined, or practiced in Chinese history. Download for free at madeinchinajournal.com/2024/08/27/ben…

Thank you, @jonstewart.

The Algerian Olympics team threw flowers in the Seine, at the point where in 1961 around 200 Algerians were drowned by French police crushing a protest against an anti-Muslim curfew.

Peoples of the frontiers in China have long been linked derogatively with animals. In the 21st century, however, such associations have been reworked by minority artists, projects of cultural survival, and the Chinese state itself, writes Thomas White. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/07/17/the…

In this essay, Juan Qian explores the implications of historical disputes about the Qing Dynasty for China’s national identity and territorial claims, particularly given the Chinese government's efforts of to promote a unified ‘Chinese national community’. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/07/11/sec…

Beautiful speech by @JLMelenchon on free time, explaining what the fight in France is really about

I can't say enough good things about this essay. It threads the needle perfectly.