Philosophy

Other highlights include a documentary on the political and religious conflicts in one Iranian family and Elizabeth Willis’s new book on US pioneerism

Paul Chan selects passages from the philosopher whose work may have influenced the creation of the biggest cryptocurrency

At Arario Gallery, Seoul, the conceptual artist’s effaced periodicals expose the limits of perception and reject dominant value systems 

An exhibition at London’s National Gallery shows a rebellious painter’s ambivalent relationship with the Western canon

McKenzie Wark pays tribute to the French cultural theorist, who called our era one of ‘dromocracy’: the reign of speed

From existentialist heartthrobs to the end of existence: what to read this weekend

From art under apartheid to a new novel from Walt Whitman: what to read this weekend

The application of theory to the modern world

From Frantz Fanon’s hidden humanism to medieval fan fiction: what to read this weekend.

A selection of the best articles responding to the US election result

From Elena Ferrante to global citizenship: what to read this weekend

Are we really modern? Why are artists suddenly interested in poetry? What to read this weekend

From the tale of America's female Jesus to philosophical marginalia: what to read this weekend

From the concept of human nature to post-Brexit erotica: what to read this weekend

From intellectual freedom to the Republican Party convention: what to read this weekend

In her prints, paintings, photographs and videos, Andrea Büttner explores poverty, community and her philosophy of 'little works'

From Teffi to totalitarianism: what to read this weekend

From transgender narratives to the cosmic hum: what to read this weekend

The difference between ‘what if’ and ‘as if’ scenarios, and what contemporary art has to do with it

Remembering Umberto Eco (1932–2016)