Michael S. Roth

Michael S. Roth is president of Wesleyan University. His most recent books are The Student: A Short History (2023) and Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses (2019).

Articles

From Woke to Solidarity
Michael S. Roth reviews Musa al-Gharbi’s “We Have Never Been Woke” and James Davison Hunter’s “Democracy and Solidarity.”
Michael S. RothDec 24, 2024
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
The Ironic Radical: On Hayden White’s “The Ethics of Narrative”
Michael S. Roth ponders Hayden White’s “The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1998–2007.”
Michael S. RothJun 2, 2023
- Philosophy & Religion
The Music of the Ordinary: On Stanley Cavell’s “Here and There”
Michael S. Roth considers Stanley Cavell's "Here and There: Sites of Philosophy."
Michael S. RothSep 30, 2022
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
A Philosopher in Hard Times
Samantha Rose Hill traces Hannah Arendt’s intellectual biography.
Michael S. RothDec 26, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
We Can Do Better: On Richard Rorty’s “Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism”
Michael S. Roth examines Richard Rorty’s “Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.”
Michael S. RothOct 27, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
Boas and His Students
Michael S. Roth explores “Gods of the Upper Air” by Charles King.
Michael S. RothAug 13, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Reasoning in Rough Times
Michael S. Roth considers "Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education," the recently published book by Jonathan Marks.
Michael S. RothApr 29, 2021
- Politics
De Melancholia
Michael S. Roth dissects "The Anatomy of Grief," the new book by Dorothy P. Holinger.
Michael S. RothNov 15, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology

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