Skip to content

The 14th Floor

A Website of Political and Cultural Critique, from Canada to the World.

  • About
  • Why we Write
  • Masthead
  • Issue #1- On War
    • Star Wars: The Force Awakens & Perpetual War
    • Fragmentation and Stalemate: Speculating on Conflict
    • Can’t You See This Is (Still) the Land of Confusion?
    • Unbinding the Gag: The Lessons of J.M. Coetzee’s Magistrate
    • The Zombie Apocalypse After-Show, Part 4: Rulepole
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Film
  • Music
  • Literature
  • Fiction
  • Visions of the Future

Author: Mark McConaghy

This Dying Empire: America’s Time of Fear

Reckoning with the Meanings of Orlando.

Read more "This Dying Empire: America’s Time of Fear"

A Time for Resolve: #NeverTrump

Why #NeverTrump Remains More Important Now Than Ever Before

Read more "A Time for Resolve: #NeverTrump"

Humanism’s Limit: The Refugee in our Times

Faced with the largest movement of peoples since World War Two, can the principle that “No One is Illegal” still stand?

Read more "Humanism’s Limit: The Refugee in our Times"

Is Donald Trump Evil? A 14th Floor Conversation.

Our Writers Tackle the Trump Phenomenon Head On.

Read more "Is Donald Trump Evil? A 14th Floor Conversation."

Issue #1: On War

Introduction to the 14th Floor’s first official Magazine Edition for February, 2016. This edition focuses on the theme of “war” in the 21st Century.

Read more "Issue #1: On War"

Unbinding the Gag: The Lessons of J.M. Coetzee’s Magistrate

How can the writings of South African Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee help us reckon with the underlying cause of perpetual war: imperialism as a logic of power?

Read more "Unbinding the Gag: The Lessons of J.M. Coetzee’s Magistrate"

Can First World Literature Teach us Anything?

Can bourgeois, monolingual authors provide insight into the experience of marginalized others?

Read more "Can First World Literature Teach us Anything?"

Say No to the War Machine

When the drumbeat of militarism rises all around us, how do we think our way out of the War Machine?

Read more "Say No to the War Machine"

Lessons From the 2015 Canadian Election

What are the painful takeaways from the Liberal Party’s overwhelming victory in Canada’s recent federal election?

Read more "Lessons From the 2015 Canadian Election"

Masculine/Power: Draper/Harper

What Links Don Draper and Stephen Harper? A Lot More Than You’d Think.

Read more "Masculine/Power: Draper/Harper"

Posts navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →
Blog at WordPress.com.
The 14th Floor
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • The 14th Floor
    • Join 773 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The 14th Floor
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...