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Illustration by Aaron Lowell Denton

An open book with magnifying glass.

Does It Hold Up?

Classic works, reconsidered

Illustration by Aaron Lowell Denton

Does It Hold Up?

Classic works, reconsidered

Illustrated cover of "The Power Elite" with a magnifying glass

Whatever Happened to the Power Elite?

The trio of interests atop business, military, and government depicted in C. Wright Mills’s postwar critique is no longer united in setting the national agenda.

Illustration of the book "The End of History and the Last Man" with a magnifying glass leaning on the book.

Francis Fukuyama Was Right About Liberal Democracy

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously challenge it.

Michael A. Cohen

Illustration of the book cover for Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach

Was Fat Is a Feminist Issue Liberating? Or Weight-Loss Propaganda?

Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Illustration of Amusing Ourselves to Death book cover with a magnifying glass

How Entertainment Mangled Public Discourse

Neil Postman’s jeremiad against TV seems rather quaint today—and not just because he was shouting into the wind and knew it.