“Nihilistic Violent Extremist:” President Donald Trump’s administration created this new category of domestic threat (they would say “terrorist”) in the wake of conservative activist and media figure ...

The Nation spoke with the political theorist about the multifront crisis of the post-Trump era and the moral and intellectual commitments of scholars and higher education. Wendy Brown. In her recent ...

Most historians view the French Revolution as the source of the ideologies that have shaped the modern and postmodern eras. For any ism—from liberalism, conservatism, and communism to nationalism, ...

Following photojournalist James Foley’s gruesome death last week at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, nihilism has become, quite suddenly, the “ism” du jour. President Obama condemned ...

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Purpose anxiety is a real phenomenon, and it’s far more common than you might think. Research by Larissa Rainey and colleagues has shown that up to 91% of people experience purpose anxiety at some ...

"AI slop," "parasocial," and "rage bait," reflect a growing unease with online interactions. These terms highlight artifice, ...