Philosophy & Religion

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

Never Solitary: On Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s “Breathing Aesthetics”
Ricky Varghese reviews Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s “Breathing Aesthetics.”
Ricky VargheseDec 6, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
The Body in Topography
Mariam Gomaa reflects on the intertwining characteristics of health, surgery, religion, and philosophy.
Mariam GomaaNov 27, 2022
No One Receiving: On Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding’s “Alien Listening”
Patrick Valiquet responds to music theory’s close encounter with speculative realism in “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from Earth” by Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding.
Patrick ValiquetNov 26, 2022
A Precarious Peace: On David Mason’s “Pacific Light”
Siham Karami reviews David Mason’s new collection of poems, “Pacific Light.”
Siham KaramiNov 20, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
- Poetry
Immodest Ideas: On Alain Badiou’s “The Immanence of Truths”
Christian P. Haines reviews the new English translation of Alain Badiou’s “The Immanence of Truths.”
Christian P. HainesOct 29, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
The Body of Thought: On Markus Gabriel’s “The Meaning of Thought”
Robert Pogue Harrison considers Markus Gabriel’s “The Meaning of Thought.”
Robert Pogue HarrisonOct 23, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
Sense and Nonsense in California: A Conversation with Markus Gabriel
Markus Gabriel speaks to Andrea Capra about his philosophy of a New Enlightenment.
Andrea CapraOct 23, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Racialized Geographies: A Conversation with Susan Gillman
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
The Utopian Horizon of Memory Art: A Conversation with Andreas Huyssen
Abigail Susik speaks with Andreas Huyssen about his book “Memory Art in the Contemporary World: Confronting Violence in the Global South.”
Abigail SusikOct 16, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
A Weighty Affair: On Ed Simon’s “Pandemonium”
David Bentley Hart reviews Ed Simon’s “Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology.”
David Bentley HartOct 16, 2022
What Comes After the Bailout State?
Martijn Konings discusses implications of government bailouts within the neoliberal order and potential futures for the post-bailout state.
Martijn KoningsOct 14, 2022
- Economics and Finance
- Philosophy & Religion
What Is It Like to Have a Brain?: On Patrick House’s “Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness”
Henry M. Cowles reviews Patrick House’s “Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness” and finds House’s brains to be remarkably similar to Wallace Stevens’s birds in “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.”
Henry M. CowlesOct 11, 2022