The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? by Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank
Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays
Culture
No fear
I’m not disdainful of blogs, I just want them to live up to their democratic promise. Stephen Howe responds to Owen Hatherley
Sphere of influence
Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voices
Film review: Synecdoche, New York
Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
South Africa’s Brave New World by RW Johnson
Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South Africa
Gothic revival
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Shadow boxing
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Chasing shadows
Santu Mofokeng is one of South Africa’s most celebrated photographers, recognised for his work with the Afrapix collective and on the newspaper New Nation. In these photographs he records a…
The art of phwoar
Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Film review: Let The Right One In
Sad, funny and frightening – this Swedish horror is not to be missed, says Fred Rowson