Philosophy

Hail Mary Hail Mary

A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

On Sartre’s God Problem On Sartre’s God Problem

Reflections on the centenary of the birth of Jean-Paul Sarte.

May 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Norman Mailer

Epistemology of the Closet Epistemology of the Closet

A biography of Utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick sheds new light on life in the Victorian era.

May 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

Men in Dark Times Men in Dark Times

"I am very happy to see so many flowers here and that is why I want to remind you that flowers, by themselves, have no power whatsoever, other than the power of men and women who...

Jan 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby

Assigning Responsibility Assigning Responsibility

Defending Rumsfeld, Bush says Rummy's great, That as a planner he has been first rate-- Respected in the White House and the ranks.

Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin

The Hero Within The Hero Within

If many strangers die all at once, as in the tragedy of the tsunami or the Rwanda massacre or a war like the one in Iraq, it is a moral problem, to be dealt with through politics...

Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris

The War That Never Was The War That Never Was

As war threatened Europe in the 1930s, a physicist turned to a psychiatrist to help understand the impending violence.

Dec 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby

Hostile Obituary for Derrida Hostile Obituary for Derrida

On October 10, the New York Times published a front-page obituary for French philosopher Jacques Derrida.

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin

The Interpreters of Maladies The Interpreters of Maladies

Derrida was often misunderstood, but rarely worse than in his New York Times obituary. Ross Benjamin explains, in a web-only feature.

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz

Office Politics Office Politics

As one of those pathetic evolutionary throwbacks who has never used e-mail or the Internet, and has hardly ever handled a mobile phone, I can approach this book with all the supr...

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton

x