The Point (magazine)

The Point
EditorJon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar, Rachel Wiseman, Etay Zwick
CategoriesPhilosophy, literature, politics
FrequencyTriannually
FounderJon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar, Etay Zwick
First issue2008
CountryUnited States
Based inChicago, IL
LanguageEnglish
Websitethepointmag.com
ISSN2153-4438

The Point is a thrice-yearly literary magazine established in autumn 2008 by editors Jon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar, and Etay Zwick, then doctoral students at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought. The magazine, based in Chicago, publishes essays in literature, culture, critical theory, politics, and the arts, as well as original art; its contributors are principally academics, although it is not an academic journal. The Point was founded as a forum in which ideas of philosophical significance could be discussed “as active forces in our lives and cultures.”[1] It was intended as a remedy to what its editors perceived as shortcomings in the intellectual climate, particularly to the deficit of “seriousness” in the content of popular magazines for an educated audience such as The Atlantic.[2]

Its issues typically feature a symposium around which a number of essays are organized. The symposium is structured around a central question; past symposia have included, among others, the questions What is science for? and What are animals for?. The magazine's editorial perspective strives to bridge scholarly writing and popular accessibility by preserving an attitude of intellectual rigor without abstruseness or academic jargon.[3] The Point, according to its statement of purpose, “is for anybody who is frustrated with the intellectual poverty of the majority of today's journalism and public discourse.”[4]

In the wake of the departure of numerous long-time editors at The New Republic, The Point established a campaign to position itself as a “home for strenuous cultural and literary criticism.”[5]

Contributors

Notable contributors:

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ ’’Chicago Reader’’, “The Point – something new to read in Chicago.” http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2009/06/02/the-point-something-new-to-read-in-chicago Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The editorial review: Interview with Jon Baskin—May 15, 2015". 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ The Review Review, The Point of Serious Thinking… is to Discover How to Live. http://www.thereviewreview.net/interviews/point-serious-thinking-isto-discover-how-live Archived 2015-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Chicago Tribune, “Graduate students create cultural criticism journal.” October 26, 2013. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-06/site/ct-prj-1006-point-literary-magazine-20131006_1_printers-row-journal-graduate-students-baffler Archived 2015-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Chicago Reader. “The Point: Is the new New Republic published in Chicago?” February 24, 2015. http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2015/02/24/the-point-is-the-new-new-republic-published-in-chicago Archived 2015-04-27 at the Wayback Machine

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