Philosophy

Get Happy!!

Get Happy!! Get Happy!!

For Margaret Thatcher as for today’s happiness industry, there is no such thing as society.

Nov 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears

Dignity’s Due Dignity’s Due

Why are philosophers invoking the notion of human dignity to revitalize theories of political ethics?

Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Citizen Marx

Citizen Marx Citizen Marx

By refusing to treat Marx as our contemporary, Jonathan Sperber has brought him back to life.

Oct 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Sam Stark

Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski

Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski

How the great Polish philosopher went from being an anticlerical scourge to an apostle of John Paul II.

Sep 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly

Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way

Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?

Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen

‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek

‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek ‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek

An online dustup between two pop star penseurs shows them staggering through afterlives.

Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Wen Stephenson

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.

May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer

The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer

The European émigré who became a philosopher of American cinema.

Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

Do You Only Have a Brain? On Thomas Nagel Do You Only Have a Brain? On Thomas Nagel

A philosopher’s broadside against Darwinism and materialism is mostly an instrument of mischief.

Oct 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Brian Leiter and Michael Weisberg

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