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In Hitler’s Shadow
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld reviews Alec Ryrie’s “The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.”
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
A Higher Thing than History
Zach Gibson reviews Hayden White’s second volume of “The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory.”
Hoping to Be There When the End Comes
Jeffrey L. Kosky considers Mark C. Taylor’s “After the Human: A Philosophy for the Future.”
The Case for Pragmatic Progress
Michela Massimi reflects on Philip Kitcher’s vision for the future in “The Rich and the Poor.”
The Common Man Is Coming into His Own
Michael Kobre considers the Fantastic Four superhero “The Thing” and Jack Kirby’s relationship to his own Judaism.
Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths
Erik J. Larson thinks about “Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” which traces Robert Skidelsky’s philosophical reckoning with AI, automation, and the illusion of progress.
Unveiling a Hidden Narrative
John G. Turner explores Molly Worthen’s “Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump.”
But Is It Boring?
Andrew Stojkovich reviews Andreas Elpidorou’s “The Anatomy of Boredom.”
Ghassan Kanafani’s “Guerrilla Rhetoric,” Then and Now
Jay Murphy reviews “Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings,” a collection of newly translated essays by the influential Palestinian philosopher, author, and activist.
The Politics of Apoliticism
Kieran Setiya reviews Christoph Schuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy.”
He’s a Cretin but We’ll Manage Him
Paul North finds a prescient analysis of the end of the American republic in Karl Marx’s essay “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.”
The Rapturous Power of Words
Sarah Moorhouse explores Edward Wilson-Lee’s “The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Sublime Language.”
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