‘After Auschwitz’, said the German philosopher and social critic Theodor Adorno, we should embrace a new categorical imperative: ‘arrange your thoughts and actions so that Auschwitz will not repeat itself, so that nothing similar will happen’. But what is the meaning of that imperative today? In a lengthy essay, Stephan Grigat makes the case that … Continue reading Fathom Long Read | Adorno and Iran: Critical Theory and Islamic Antisemitism