modernity | Portside

July 24, 2022

Why Reading History for Its “Lessons” Misses the Point

Daniel Immerwahr Slate

On Lewis Mumford, Herman Melville, and the gentle art of looking back in time.

books

May 29, 2019

Useful Enemies

Christopher de Bellaigue The Guardian

This book examines the influence Islam had on European political thought between the 15th to the 18th centuries, as well as the complex relations between the Ottoman Empire and emergent modern Europe during that era.

tv

December 24, 2017

Reimagining The Twilight Zone for the 21st Century

Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic

With a theatrical adaptation opening in London, and a planned CBS revival helmed by Jordan Peele, what can the Rod Serling anthology series say about modern life?

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