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Not to Be Cynical, But …
Ed Simon evaluates "Cynicism," the recent book from Ansgar Allen.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Living the Tension
Matthew Clemente reads "Notes on Suicide" by Simon Critchley, recently reissued by Fitzcarraldo Editions.
Simone Weil for Americans
Christy Wampole considers "The Subversive Simone Weil," the new book by Robert Zaretsky.
Reading Roland Barthes in the Age of Misinformation
Barthes’s concept of mythology shows why misinformation tends to stick, to harden into doctrine.
My Successes (and Failures) Are All Mine?
“The Tyranny of Merit” might recast the way you view everything from essential workers to choice, luck, and smuggery.
Marx, Hegel, and the Critique of Religion: A Response
Martin Hägglund responds to his critics and expands on the immanent critique of religion found in his book "This Life."
Pitching the Discipline
Sebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot.
Letters from the Heart
Simone de Beauvoir’s advice to the lovelorn.
Really?
What if the world we perceive is just a virtual reality construction?
The Beijing Heidegger Reading Group
Coby Goldberg on his time with the Beijing Heidegger Reading Group.
Totally: Fredric Jameson on Walter Benjamin
Ian Balfour looks through "The Benjamin Files," the new book by Fredric Jameson published by Verso.
Histories of Violence: On Suffering
Brad Evans speaks with philosopher and poet Eugene Thacker. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
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