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Remembering Simone Weil: The Price and the Purpose of Philosophy
Robert Zaretsky considers the legacy of Simone Weil 75 years after her death.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Taking Philosophy Forward
In “Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto,” Bryan W. Van Norden calls on philosophers to expand their intellectual horizons.
Assembling a New Left
Terence Renaud explores the historical context of “Assembly,” a book on new left theory by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt.
A Science of Exceptions: On Michel Serres’s “The Birth of Physics”
Christine Wertheim takes the measure of “The Birth of Physics” by Michel Serres, translated from the French by David Webb and William James Ross.
The Repackaging of Stoicism in the 21st Century
What does Stoicism mean today? On Massimo Pigliucci's "How to Be a Stoic."
The Queerness of It All: An Interview with Jeffrey Kripal
"Are you suggesting that Jesus was gay?" "That’s an anachronistic question. The safest thing to say is that he was anything but straight."
The Final “Final Foucault”?
Joseph Tanke reviews “Confessions of the Flesh” by Michel Foucault, unearthing the famous thinker’s later ideas.
Without Exception: On the Ordinariness of Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Lauren Berlant. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
An Intensity Leavened by Gentleness
A new biography of the seminal French literary and cultural theorist René Girard.
Zen and the Art of a Higher Education
What value does "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" have today?
Delight and Disgust: On the Contradictions and Complicities of Soccer
A new book on the poetics of soccer as lived experience.
Ideas to Live by: A Conversation with Mari Ruti
Tajja Isen and Philip Sayers sit down to talk with Mari Ruti about her new book, “Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings.”
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