Philosophy & Religion

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

Habermas: Up from Heidegger
Martin Woessner on utopia, wandering in the desert, and meeting Habermas.....
Martin WoessnerAug 11, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
Histories of Violence: Life in Zones of Abandonment: A Time to Break the Spectacle of Ignorance and Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Henry A. Giroux, author of “The Terror of the Unforeseen.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansAug 5, 2019
Three Times
Jessica Riskin, Amit Yahav, and Christina Lupton teach us that we use time and reading to make sense of ourselves to ourselves and others.
Tita ChicoJul 23, 2019
Reading Ruskin in Cataclysmic Times
Alexandra Milsom reviews Suzanne Fagence Cooper’s “To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters.”
Alexandra L. MilsomJul 23, 2019
Find Our Mothers
Three recent texts recast the social roles of mothers and the psychology of motherhood.
Lori MarsoJul 18, 2019
Violence Against Women from Ancient Rome to Today: On Mithu Sanyal’s “Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews Mithu Sanyal’s history-crossing account of violence against women in “Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo.”
Stephanie Sy-QuiaJul 17, 2019
Confronting the Unwatchable
Maggie Hennefeld and Nicholas Baer on our unwatchable era.
Maggie Hennefeld, Nicholas BaerJul 17, 2019
Historia Magistra Vitae: On Reinhart Koselleck’s Vision of History
Joshua Milstein excavates “Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories” by Reinhart Koselleck, translated by Sean Franzel and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann.
Joshua MilsteinJul 10, 2019
A Messenger of the Rope: In Conversation with Peter Sloterdijk
A major German philosopher on the legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Robert Pogue HarrisonJul 10, 2019
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion
A Deformed Emancipation: Lea Melandri and the Lie of Gender Equality
Mary Mann looks at Lea Melandri’s “Love and Violence,” the Italian feminist thinker’s first book available in English.
Mary MannJul 9, 2019
Our Predicament Is No Joke: On Terry Eagleton’s “Humour”
Kieran Setiya takes a serious look at “Humour” by Terry Eagleton.
Kieran SetiyaJul 4, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy & Religion
Literature Versus Utopia: An Ancient Quarrel
Why do we prefer heroic suffering to utopian contentment?
John FarrellJun 30, 2019