Philosophy & Religion

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

A Mole in MAGA’s Midst
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
Alexandre LefebvreNov 14
- Politics
- Philosophy & Religion
What’s the Difference Between a God and a Monster?
Heather Macumber reviews Brandon Grafius’s “Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture.”
Heather MacumberNov 12
- SF
- Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy’s Warnings in the “Absence” of Emergency
William Egginton pays heed to Santiago Zabala’s “Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings.”
William EggintonNov 12
- Philosophy & Religion
Disenchanted Enchantment
Jordan Williamson investigates Derek Lee’s “Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal” and Joshua Comaroff’s “Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore.”
Jordan WilliamsonNov 6
- Philosophy & Religion
- Cultural Studies
The Return of the Luddites
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
Erik J. LarsonOct 31
- Science & Technology
- Philosophy & Religion
One Step Removed from Ash
Vanessa Holyoak explores memory and loss after the L.A. fires, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Vanessa HolyoakOct 19
The Heart of the Matter
John Lysaker connects with Jeffrey L. Kosky’s “From the Heart: A Memoir and a Meditation on a Vital Organ.”
John LysakerOct 13
- Philosophy & Religion
- Memoir & Essay
Dogito, Ergo Sum
Isabel Jacobs considers Aaron Schuster’s “How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka’s New Science.”
Isabel JacobsOct 11
- Philosophy & Religion
- Literary Criticism
The Demons That Rule Us
Peter B. Kaufman considers Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-Liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics.”
Peter B. KaufmanSep 21
- Politics
- Philosophy & Religion
Religion Without Politics
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan reviews Faisal Devji’s “Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam.”
Winnifred Fallers SullivanSep 21
- Politics
- Philosophy & Religion
When Philosophy Stopped the Traffic in New York City
Alexandre Lefebvre explores Emily Herring’s “Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.”
Alexandre LefebvreSep 19
- Philosophy & Religion
- Biography & Autobiography
The Useless Prophet
Anthony Curtis Adler considers the new translation of Walter Benjamin’s “On Goethe” from Stanford University Press.
Anthony Curtis AdlerSep 16
- Philosophy & Religion
- Literary Criticism