Philosophy & Religion

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

Is Safe-Enough Pragmatism Good Enough?
Richard Eldridge reviews “Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses.”
Richard EldridgeJan 5, 2020
The California Design Dominion: Thirteen Propositions
Peter LunenfeldDec 30, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Ultra Soft Power
Paul J. D’Ambrosio reviews Roel Sterckx’s “Ways of Heaven: An Introduction to Chinese Thought.”
Paul J. D’AmbrosioDec 29, 2019
Rewriting the Book of Love
Erik Gray reviews "Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion" by Simon May.
Erik GrayDec 22, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
Pinker’s Pollyannish Philosophy and Its Perfidious Politics
Jessica Riskin challenges Steven Pinker’s take on the Enlightenment.
Jessica RiskinDec 15, 2019
On Walter Benjamin’s Legacy: A Correspondence Between Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno
Susan H. Gillespie and Samantha Rose Hill translate the correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno.
Samantha Rose Hill, Susan H. GillespieDec 9, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Philosophy & Religion
Walter Benjamin’s Last Work
Samantha Rose Hill considers the continent-spanning turmoil that has marked the publication of Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History."
Samantha Rose HillDec 9, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Love Gone Wrong: A Philosopher’s Take on “Vertigo”
Robert Sinnerbrink reviews Robert B. Pippin's "The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness."
Robert SinnerbrinkDec 8, 2019
- Film
- Philosophy & Religion
Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” and the Banality of Good
Sam Buckland considers Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” as a philosophical photo-negative of Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.”
Sam BucklandDec 4, 2019
- Film
- Philosophy & Religion
The Art of Conjecturing: On Karen Olsson’s “The Weil Conjectures”
Michael J. Barany reviews Karen Olsson’s “The Weil Conjectures,” a hybrid elegy and memoir about the power of conjecturing — in math, life, and writing.
Michael J. BaranyDec 3, 2019
The Professional Stranger: On Abdelkebir Khatibi’s “Plural Maghreb”
A major new translation of essays by a seminal Moroccan scholar of postcolonialism.
Khalid LyamlahyDec 3, 2019
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion
Is There a Crisis of Truth?
Historian of Science Steven Shapin turns the screw on the notion that “truth” is in crisis.
Steven ShapinDec 2, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology