Those Passions
Those Passions by T.J. Clark is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including The Guardian, for a Consensus Score of 16 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedClark distills a career's worth of writing on art and politics into essays that move from Poussin and David through Picasso and Courbet, using close looking as a way of testing what a painting's politics actually consist of rather than assuming its content maps neatly onto its era's ideology. Reviewers have praised his refusal of dogma even as a self-described Marxist critic.
In the press
“In every case, he has exciting and provocative things to say”
The Nation
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian | 0.85 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.72 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.72 → 16 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Those Passions on?
Those Passions appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including The Guardian.
What is its Consensus Score?
Those Passions has a Consensus Score of 16 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.