Writer, Freelance
Stuart Walton is the author of several books about cultural history and philosophy, including In the Realm of the Senses: A Materialist Theory of Seeing and Feeling (2016), A Natural History of Human Emotions (2005), and Intoxicology: A Cultural History of Drink and Drugs (2001, 2016), as well as a novel, The First Day in Paradise (2016). His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The London Magazine and Review 31, among others. His monograph Neglected or Misunderstood: Introducing Theodor Adorno is forthcoming from Zero Books (December 2017). He lives in England.
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Political philosophy
Theory from the ruins
The Frankfurt School argued that reason is dangerous, mass culture deadening, and the Enlightenment a disaster. Were they right?
Stuart Walton
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Stories and literature
Seeing and believing
UFO sightings are down. Ghosts are in decline. Are we more discerning now, or just afraid to trust anything?
Stuart Walton