In this episode of High Theory, Angela Hume tells us about Self Help, not the neoliberal strategy of self-actualization through consumer choices,
Plagiarism
In this episode of High Theory, Geoffrey Sanborn tells us about Plagiarism. A concept emerged with the idea of originality, plagiarism challenges
Economic Enchantments
Anat Rosenberg, Kristof Smeyers, and Astrid Van den Bossche discuss the fresh historiographies of capitalism offered by studies of enchantment and magical
Plantationocene
In this episode of High Theory, Neil Safier talks with us about the Plantationocene, a geological epoch that traces the effects of
Decolonizing Praxis
In this episode of High Theory, Erin Pineda talks about decolonizing praxis. Black American activists in the 1950s and 1960s used strategies
Txt
In this episode of High Theory, Matthew Kirschenbaum talks about txt, or text. Not texting, or textbooks, but text as a form
Visibility
In this episode of High Theory, Margaret Galvan talks about the queer politics of Visibility. In her work the activist practices of
Polyphony
In this episode of High Theory, Brian Fairley tells us about Polyphony, a concept from music that describes multiple melodic lines sounding
Sillies: Horses
Warning: this episode of High Theory is very silly. In our new summer series of “Sillies,” Saronik and Kim ask each other
Bombay Talkies
In this episode of High Theory, Debashree Mukherjee talks about the pioneering film studio Bombay Talkies, founded in 1934 in the city
Shortage
In this episode of High Theory, Eram Alam talks with us about shortage. A political tool, rather than a natural lack, the
Queer Mysticism
We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied
The Environmental Unconscious
Steven Swarbrick talks about poetic engagement with nature in the work of early modern poets Edmund Spenser, Walter Ralegh, Andrew Marvell, and
Rhetoric of Decline
In this episode of High Theory, Jed Esty talks about the Rhetoric of Decline. Declinism names the contradictory political narrative that America
Sillies: Jeans
Warning: this episode of High Theory is very silly. In our new summer series of “Sillies,” Saronik and Kim ask each other
Party
Sheila Liming talks about the party, social gatherings that occasion joy and dread and various emotions in between. The party is both
