Anthony Curtis Adler is a professor of German and comparative literature at Yonsei University’s Underwood International College. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, Bong Joon Ho: Philosopher and Filmmaker (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Anthony Curtis Adler
Articles
Davos Mann
A new book on ‘The Magic Mountain’ grapples with the contradictions of history.
The Useless Prophet
Anthony Curtis Adler considers the new translation of Walter Benjamin’s “On Goethe” from Stanford University Press.
Jena Romanticism and the Art of Being Selfish: On Andrea Wulf’s “Magnificent Rebels”
Anthony Curtis Adler reviews Andrea Wulf’s “Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self.”
Public Catastrophes, Private Retreats
Anthony Curtis Adler connects with Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor’s “A Friendship in Twilight: Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life.”
Stonewalling Philosophy: Envisioning Silence in an Age of Noise
On Mark C. Taylor’s “Seeing Silence,” recently released by University of Chicago Press.
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