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The Grasp of the Real
Stephen Greenblatt’s "The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve" tells a gripping story of storytelling, a tale spun by the fortunes of one of the greatest stories.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
From Conflict to Dialogue and All the Way Back. And Then Back Again.
Yves Gingras responds to Peter Harrison's review of his book "Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue," and Harrison offers a rebuttal.
Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50
Birger Vanwesenbeeck revisits Jacques Derrida’s famous lecture “La Différance” on its 50th anniversary.
Democracy Versus Liberalism
Roslyn Fuller considers Josiah Ober's "Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice."
Living in the Present: On Kieran Setiya’s “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide”
Karl Schafer contemplates “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” by Kieran Setiya.
Kind of Human
Timothy Morton’s latest book, "Humankind," is meant as an intervention of epochal scale.
Philosophy Needs a New Definition
Costica Bradatan says we need a Sufi master (or Plato) to enlarge our understanding of philosophy.
Out of the Quagmire of Words: Ordinary Language Philosophy and Literary Study
V. Joshua Adams considers Toril Moi's "Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies after Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell."
Will It Ever Be Sunday?
Guy Bennett-Hunter on George Steiner and Laure Adler's "A Long Saturday: Conversations."
Histories of Violence: Affect, Power, Violence — The Political Is Not Personal
Brad Evans speaks with Canadian philosopher and social theorist Brian Massumi. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
The Ironies of Style
Matthew Hunter reviews Jeff Dolven’s “Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation.”
The Banality of Virtue
A new moral philosophy for the era of globalization.
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