Philosophy & Religion

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

Stonewalling Philosophy: Envisioning Silence in an Age of Noise
On Mark C. Taylor’s “Seeing Silence,” recently released by University of Chicago Press.
Anthony Curtis AdlerJan 31, 2021
Crisis as Freedom: Muhammad Iqbal and Walter Benjamin
What can two early-20th-century thinkers teach us about our pandemic “interregnum”?
Asad DandiaJan 24, 2021
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion
Unknown Cities: On Daniel Mendelsohn’s “Three Rings”
Jehanne Dubrow ponders "Three Rings," the new book by Daniel Mendelsohn.
Jehanne DubrowJan 23, 2021
Mourning and Marginalia: Editing the Work of Christopher Chitty
Editors Max Fox and Madeline Lane-McKinley talk about working on "Sexual Hegemony," the recently published text by the late writer Christopher Chitty.
Madeline Lane-McKinley, Max FoxNov 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Metabolic Survivors: On McKenzie Wark’s “Sensoria: Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century”
Imagining alternatives without imagining the escape, erasure, or end of capitalism.
Travis DiehlNov 25, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
More Nearly: On José Esteban Muñoz’s “The Sense of Brown”
Roy Pérez reviews the recently released book by José Esteban Muñoz, "The Sense of Brown."
Roy PérezNov 21, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Hard Times: Martin Hägglund’s “This Life” and the Pomodoro Technique
What makes the Pomodoro Technique difficult to criticize is not simply that we need PT-like scaffolds in the realm of freedom.
Alexa HazelNov 21, 2020
Fossils Waiting to Be: On Stoicism in the Anthropocene
Max Norman follows "Footprints," the new book by David Farrier.
Max NormanNov 16, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
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
The Plot and the Argument: Philosophy as a Narrative Affair
The compelling story of four German-language thinkers in the aftermath of World War I.
Costica BradatanNov 15, 2020
Examine Everything: The Heuristic Philosophy of Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Matthew Clemente evaluates "Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living," a new book by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.
Matthew ClementeNov 12, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
The Neural Battlefield of Cognitive Capitalism
A glossary of keywords to help us resist the attention economy of digital capitalism.
Anders DunkerNov 6, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics