There’s Something About These Dolphins
Patrick House on the difference between reality and virtual reality, and what it means for identity, memory, autobiography, and therapy.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Dilettantes and Connoisseurs: The Public Intellectual in the United States
On the evolution of the figure of the public intellectual in the internet age.
So Close and Yet So Far
Jason M. Wirth considers "Being with the Dead," a recently published book by Hans Ruin.
God’s Little Rival: On Rémi Brague’s “The Kingdom of Man”
Aurelian Craiutu visits “The Kingdom of Man,” the recently published book by Rémi Brague and translated by Paul Seaton.
The Dialectical Filmmaker: On Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island”
Is Judd Apatow a Hegelian?
The Lost Arc of Love
Briallen Hopper traces “The Arc of Love,” the recently published book by Aaron Ben-Ze’ev.
An Alternative Common Sense: Notes on Carlo Michelstaedter’s Philosophy
Dylan J. Montanari parses “The Wreckage of Philosophy,” the new book by Mimmo Cangiano on Carlo Michelstaedter’s thought.
The Last of the Hedgehogs
A collection of scintillating interviews with a celebrated French cultural theorist.
Not in This Together
Laila Lalami on what Rousseau has to teach us about the pandemic.
No Blueprint for Utopia
Do we need a single, coherent, overarching truth in order to live our lives?
On Afropessimism
Jesse McCarthy considers the writing of Frank B. Wilderson III.
Do More Than No Harm: On Judith Butler’s “The Force of Nonviolence”
Mark Trecka reviews Judith Butler's latest book, "The Force of Nonviolence."
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