Evolution: The Pleasures of Pluralism Debate In the second part of his critique of 'ultra Darwinism', Gould tackles the methodology of evolutionary psychology while defending the idea that…
Darwinian Fundamentalism Paleontologist and science writer Stephen Jay Gould tackles 'ultra-Darwinism' in the first part of his response to Daniel C. Dennett's 'Darwin's…
Rationality & Science - Noam Chomsky Chomsky on rationality & science. This essay formed part of a Z-Papers special issue on the topic in 1995.
Herbert Marcuse and the quest for radical subjectivity Marcuse was engaged in a life-long search for a revolutionary subjectivity, for a sensibility that…
Letter of América Scarfó to Emile Armand Translation of an important document in the history of Argentinian anarchism and of anarchist thinking on amatory ethics. "I desire for all just…
Introduction to Marx's early writings - Lucio Colletti The late Lucio Colletti discusses the content of Marx's early writings and how their late emergence…
Stirner, Feurbach, Marx and the Young Hegelians - David McLellan A summary of Stirner's ideas and their strong impact on his fellow Young Hegelians. McLellan asserts…
Against Method - Paul Feyerabend A summary of and the conclusion from Paul Feyerabend's 1975 book 'Against Method', outlining an 'anarchistic theory of knowledge.' His views on…
Sokal Hoax - 'Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity' by Alan Sokal In 1996, physicist Alan Sokal performed an experiment after becoming frustrated…
Noam Chomsky on Postmodernism Noam Chomsky reveals some of his frustrations with postmodernism and the role of 'intellectuals' in engaging with the public.
Bauer, Marx and religion - David McLellan McLellan discusses Bruno Bauer's critique of religion and its enduring influence on the young Marx.
A Grammar of the Multitude - Paolo Virno A philosophical account of the concept of 'multitude', popular in the wake of Negri & Hardt's 'Empire'.