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  The Kid Stays Out of the Picture: On Paul Williams’s “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen, and Holy Men”

  Martin Woessner reviews Paul W. Williams’s complex work “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen, and Holy Men.”

  Martin WoessnerJan 22, 2023

  • Nonfiction

• The Unfinished Project of the Enlightenment: A Forum on Jürgen Habermas at 90

  A forum on Jürgen Habermas by Eduardo Mendieta, Martin Jay, Matthew Specter, María Pía Lara, Matthias Fritsch, Noëlle McAfee, and Martin Woessner.

  Aug 11, 2019

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  Habermas: Up from Heidegger

  Martin Woessner on utopia, wandering in the desert, and meeting Habermas.....

  Martin WoessnerAug 11, 2019

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  The Art of Survival: On Santiago Zabala’s “Why Only Art Can Save Us”

  Martin Woessner considers “Why Only Art Can Save Us” by Santiago Zabala.

  Martin WoessnerNov 1, 2017

  • Art & Architecture

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  There Will Be Feelings: On George Toles’s “Paul Thomas Anderson”

  Martin Woessner mines the depths of “Paul Thomas Anderson” by George Toles.

  Martin WoessnerDec 23, 2016

  • Film

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  Rorty and Social Hope

  Part of a LARB forum in which philosophers reflect on the legacy of Richard Rorty.

  Martin WoessnerJul 22, 2017

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  The Writing of Life

  Martin WoessnerApr 17, 2016

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry System

  A review of Ryan White's book on pragmatism and posthumanism in American thought.

  Martin WoessnerOct 25, 2015

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Fail Slow, Fail Hard

  Once you start looking for them, Heideggerians are everywhere. Stop hiding from Heidegger.

  Martin WoessnerAug 28, 2015

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Brave New Worlds

  The origin of the filmed work of art.

  Martin WoessnerMay 13, 2015

  • Film

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Plato at the Multiplex

  Two new books remind us that the allegory of the cave is still alive and kicking, and that it speaks directly to the current cultural moment.

  Martin WoessnerOct 18, 2014

  • Film

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Peter de Bolla’s Human Rights Edifice

  “What de Bolla does not do in The Architecture of Concepts is say very much about the humans who might make use of these “conceptual kinds.” Like a true architect, he seems more interested in the structures being built than in who might build them.”

  Martin WoessnerJun 25, 2014