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Why Are Men More Vulnerable to Depression in Fatherhood? Most of us are aware that postpartum depression is a common challenge for new mothers and has a negative impact...

The Living History and Surprising Diversity of Computer-Generated Text Selections from "Output," an anthology showcasing seven decades of English-language machine-generated texts, long predating ChatGPT.

By Nick Montfort

The Economy of Painting: Reflections on the Value of the Canvas Art critic and publisher Isabelle Graw reflects on the tension between art as a commodity and its enduring physical and symbolic value within capitalist systems.

By Isabelle Graw

Kafka's Screwball Tragedy: Investigations of a Philosophical Dog "Investigations of a Dog" is a funny and deeply philosophical tale of a lone, maladjusted dog who defies scientific dogma and pioneers an original research program in pursuit of the mysteries of his self and his world.

By Aaron Schuster

Short Circuits Series

A short circuit occurs when there is a wrong connection in the network—wrong, of course, from the standpoint of the smooth functioning of the network. The starting premise of this series is that Lacanian psychoanalysis is a privileged instrument of critical reading, offering a collection of short Lacanian interventions into art, philosophy, theology, and ideology through marginalized or disavowed lenses.

Series editor: Mladen Dolar, Alenka Zupančič, & Slavoj Žižek

The Emperor’s New Nudity by Yuval Kremnitzer offers an analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, as well as what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology. Kremnitzer asks foundational questions to explore how technology reshapes the very fabric of social and political life.

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