Jonathan Kirshner
Jonathan Kirshner is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Boston College. His most recent book is An Unwritten Future: Realism and Uncertainty in World Politics. His writing on film also appears in Cinéaste and New Left Review.
Walking the Tightrope
An interview with Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof about his latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Naming the Unnamed War
Bertrand Tavernier’s daring documentary about the Algerian revolution sought to break the silence in France.
The Education of Ben Bernanke
His new book cuts through economic orthodoxy on central banking. But he fails to reckon deeply with its political consequences.
Mike Nichols and the American Century
The director’s life reflected both the feats and the failures of the postwar U.S. experience.
The Keynesian Revolution
A new biography reveals the full scope of John Maynard Keynes’s critique of unfettered capitalism, emphasizing the economist’s larger philosophical vision of the good life.
Whistling Past the Graveyard
A decade after the financial crisis, economists still have not rethought macroeconomics. A new history takes on the field’s unrepentant hubris.
The Obsessions of Hitchcock, Welles, and Kubrick
A new book takes on the titans of twentieth-century cinema, fetishes and all.
Five Looming Geopolitical Crises of the Trump Administration
A reckless foreign policy could bring ruin at home and abroad.
Machinations of Wicked Men
Niall Ferguson’s authorized biography falsifies Henry Kissinger’s intellectual legacy.
The Neoliberal Bailout
Sure, the system worked—we avoided another Great Depression. But it worked much better for some than for others.
