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
We Need to Resacralize the World
Michael S. Roth considers "Religion as We Know It" by Jack Miles and "The Lost Art of Scripture" by Karen Armstrong.
Michael S. RothMar 16, 2020
- Religion