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The Logic of the Rebel: On Simone Weil and Albert Camus
Robert Zaretsky considers Albert Camus’s posthumous friendship with Simone Weil.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Approaching New Consciousnesses: A Conversation with Genese Grill
Greg Gerke speaks with writer, translator, and book artist Genese Grill.
Democracy’s Concrete Court
The ritual of pickup basketball is a pocket of democracy as close as the local park.
The Death Drive at 100
Peter Brooks on the centennial of Freud’s “Beyond the Pleasure Principle.”
An Eye to the Future: On Édouard Glissant’s “Sun of Consciousness”
Matt Reeck explores the boundless imagination of Édouard Glissant.
On Simone and André Weil: An Exchange with Karen Olsson
Ronald Collins interviews Karen Olsson about her book “The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown.”
Hindutva and the Academy: A Conversation with Divya Dwivedi
Krithika Varagur talks to Divya Dwivedi about the roots of Hindu nationalism, and whether a heterodox India can survive it.
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.”
The California Design Dominion: Thirteen Propositions
Ultra Soft Power
Paul J. D’Ambrosio reviews Roel Sterckx’s “Ways of Heaven: An Introduction to Chinese Thought.”
Rewriting the Book of Love
Erik Gray reviews "Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion" by Simon May.
Pinker’s Pollyannish Philosophy and Its Perfidious Politics
Jessica Riskin challenges Steven Pinker’s take on the Enlightenment.
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