Philosophy & Religion

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

Histories of Violence: Nonviolence and the Ghost of Fascism
Brad Evans speaks with political philosopher and social activist Todd May. A conversation in Brad Evans’s Histories of Violence series.
Brad EvansMay 21, 2018
- Histories of Violence
- Philosophy & Religion
The Ashtray Has Landed: The Case of Morris v. Kuhn
Much of "The Ashtray" is witty, ebullient, and generous. Errol Morris shares his wide range of interests, and his enthusiasm for philosophy is infectious.
Philip KitcherMay 18, 2018
The Disappearance of the Subject: On Armen Avanessian’s “Miamification”
On “Miamification” by Armen Avanessian, which tries to imagine a "progressive politics equidistant from technological utopianism and technophobia.”
Adrian Nathan WestMay 17, 2018
Hardly Navel-Gazing
Does existentialism still deserve our attention? On "The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age."
Edward F. MooneyMay 16, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
Thinking with Martin Luther King Jr.
Shivani Radakrishnan reviews by “To Shape a New World,” a collection of essays edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry.
Shivani RadhakrishnanApr 29, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
Did Foucault Reinvent His History of Sexuality Through the Prism of Neoliberalism?
Daniel Zamora and Mitchell Dean draw parallels between Michel Foucault’s “History of Sexuality” and the rise of neoliberalism.
Daniel Zamora, Mitchell DeanApr 18, 2018
The City and the Pen: An Excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual”
LARB presents an excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual,” translated by David Fernbach and out this month from Verso.
Shlomo SandApr 17, 2018
Beast Mode
Colin Dickey on Peter Sahlins’s “1668: The Year of the Animal in France”
Colin DickeyApr 15, 2018
Antonio Damasio, Feeling, and the Evolution of Consciousness: Siri Hustvedt on “The Strange Order of Things”
Consciousness is embodied, enacted, and extended. “The mind” can't be cut off from our corporeal existence in the world and our interactions with it.
Siri HustvedtApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
The Strange Business of Being in the World
On David E. Cooper's "Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life."
John ShandApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
Liberation Utopias: Houria Bouteldja on Feminism, Anti-Semitism, and the Politics of Decolonization
A book that demystifies the fairy tales France tells about itself.
Ben RatskoffApr 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
“The Genius to Glue Them Together”: On René Girard and His Ideas
An excerpt from Cynthia L. Haven’s “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard,” which will appear from Michigan State University Press on April 1.
Cynthia L. HavenMar 25, 2018