John Ganz·Jan 25, 2021My fascism problem and yoursAfter weeks (years, really) of debate on the subject I realized I’d never really committed to writing my argument about why I think it’s…A response icon8A response icon8
John Ganz·Jan 23, 2021Gramscians vs. SoreliansWriter Jacob Siegel made an observation to the effect of “The American Right has left its Grasmscian period and entered its Sorelian…A response icon7A response icon7
John Ganz·May 20, 2020A little more on Romantic Irony, this time focusing on Kierkegaard’s interest and use in the…To recap from last time, this means that the ironic subject, if truly dedicated to irony, must negate, diminish, parody — must treat…
John Ganz·May 14, 2020Romantic Irony, Humor, and the Modern Self“Romantic Irony” might sound like a strange idea: we normally associate romanticism with the sincere expression of emotion and also with…
John Ganz·Dec 4, 2019The Irishman and Post-War AmericaThe Irishman comes out at a particular interesting moment when we’re reassessing the history of the past century. The tendency recently…A response icon1A response icon1
John Ganz·May 8, 2018“A Conqueror’s Freedom”: A Hegelian Interpretation of Kanye West’s BreakdownSomething about Kanye West’s latest breakdown (or “breakthrough” as he puts it ) made me think of Hegel. In Hegel’s The Phenomenology of…
John Ganz·Dec 29, 2017Murray Rothbard’s Ontology and the Alt-RightThere have been several criticisms of my piece on Murray Rothbard for the Baffler. I did not, it is alleged, fully address the diversity of…A response icon1A response icon1
John Ganz·Nov 21, 2017The Low Political Theater of the Jongen Affair, one month laterAbout a month ago I published a piece in The Baffler about the Hannah Arendt Center’s decision to invite Marc Jongen of the Alternativ für…
John Ganz·Nov 19, 2017Libertarian “Democracy Skepticism” and the Pathological SelfI’ve been following with interest Will Wilkinson’s writing about libertarian democracy skepticism and the reach of its influence on the…A response icon2A response icon2
John Ganz·Apr 23, 2017Crisis of the RepublicThe morning after Trump was elected, President Barack Obama told his daughters, as a way of reassuring them that, “Societies and cultures…
