Noema Magazine

Noema is a magazine exploring the transformations sweeping our world. We publish essays, interviews, reportage, videos and art on the overlapping realms of philosophy, governance, geopolitics, economics, technology and culture. In doing so, our unique approach is to get out of the usual lanes and cross disciplines, social silos and cultural boundaries. From artificial intelligence and the climate crisis to the future of democracy and capitalism, Noema Magazine seeks a deeper understanding of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

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Noema Magazine • FALL 2022 — ISSUE Nº 3

RUPTURE

THE RETURN OF CIVILIZATIONS • The civilization state is reemerging and taking us beyond the opposition between liberalism and nationalism.

Noema Insights: Ukraine, China & A Shifting World Order • Noema spoke with thinkers from around the world about the impact of the war in Ukraine and the rise of China.

THE TYRANNY OF TIME • The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political. It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us.

ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO INFORMATION • The torrent of accelerated time without narrative is disorienting our society and fragmenting community, says philosopher Byung-Chul Han. Art can help put the pieces back together.

THE SURPRISINGLY SOPHISTICATED MIND OF AN INSECT • Insects appear to be more intelligent and emotionally complex than we give them credit for. Perhaps, new research suggests, they are even conscious.

WHAT AI MEANS FOR ANIMALS • There is an urgent need to expand AI ethics so that it considers nonhuman life.

Noema Insights: Explorations Of The Planetary • Noema spoke with Achille Mbembe, Benjamin Bratton and Anne-Marie Slaughter about the concept of “the planetary.”

HOW BLACK AMERICA FELL OUT OF LOVE WITH AFRICA • Contemporary Afro-pessimist intellectuals see no shared identity that can serve as the basis for solidarity between Africans and African Americans.