thomas waller

My piece on Marx and Lacan is now up on @Parapraxis_Mag

For @e_flux, I wrote about Jaleh Mansoor’s new book and Marx’s metaphor of “universal prostitution” e-flux.com/notes/6783374/…

.@thomasowaller on Jaleh Mansoor’s “Universal Prostitution and Modernist Abstraction” up now at @efluxcriticism: e-flux.com/notes/6783374/…

For the new @NewLeftReview, I translated this interview with Brazilian giant Roberto Schwarz on his neo-Brechtian play about the strange rise of the right: newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/a…

The psyche is structured like the commodity or Is the automatic subject of value in the room with us right now? By Luke Manzarpour redclinic.org/texts/the-psyc…

Some reflections on the new Gillian Rose lectures for @CriticalInquiry criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/thomas_waller_…

I've got a short review of Irene Small's great new book on Lygia Clark and modernism in this month's issue of @TheBrooklynRail. Check it out here: brooklynrail.org/2025/04/art_bo…

I interviewed Bev Best about her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital (@VersoBooks). Up now at @endnotesjournal. endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o-b…

The first review of Roberto Schwarz and World Literature, by Mario Sergio Conti for the Folha de S.Paulo (@folha): "Um livro britânico sobre Roberto Schwarz fala em urdu da China e Beethoven" www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/marios…

Today I'll be speaking about Gillian Rose and style at @histmat. If you're around, be sure to come through! We'll be in the Brunei Gallery (b204) from 14.30-16.15.

The deadline for abstracts for ACLA 2025 is today. If you'd like to participate in our 'Hegel and World Literature' seminar, be sure to send in a proposal!

For next year's (virtual) ACLA, I'm organising a seminar with Carson Welch (@car_so_n_) on 'Hegel and World Literature'. Please do consider sending in an abstract to us, and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! acla.org/hegel-and-worl…