Christianity moves toward nihilism, Ellul argued, when we see “the transforming of a living movement of relationship into an achieved and definite situation.” Ellul said that this kind of “freezing” ...

The gist of Dadaism was the "gratuitous act," and the most gratuitous Dadaist act of all was Marcel Duchamp's invention of the readymade. One can regard them as experiments in art, or mock works of ...

Juvenile nihilism is Bong Joon-ho’s stock-in-trade. At age 55, the director of the vicious South Korean social satire Parasite specializes in adolescent appeal. He offers comic book, video game ...

Only a true Definition Detective can spot a word’s actual meaning in a sea of fake ones. This special St. Patrick’s Day edition is devoted to Irish slang.