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Hiking with Emerson
Skye C. Cleary interviews professor John Kaag about his recent book, "American Philosophy: A Love Story."
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Why We Fail and How
We fail precisely because we are so afraid of failure.
Learning to Live in the Dark: Reading Arendt in the Time of Climate Change
Looking for illumination and affirmation in dark times.
Building on the Black Radical Tradition: Jeneé Darden Interviews Gaye Theresa Johnson
Jeneé Darden talks to Gaye Theresa Johnson about her new anthology, "Futures of Black Radicalism," co-edited with Alex Lubin.
Media and Transparency: An Introduction to Byung-Chul Han in English
Adrian Nathan West surveys the work of Korean-born German cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han, which has been making its way into English since 2015.
Philosophy and the Gods of the City: Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft’s “Thinking in Public”
What good does the intellectual do in public?
Cinempathy: Doing Ethics on Screen
Joseph G. Kickasola reviews Robert Sinnerbrink's "Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film."
Somebody’s Protest Novel
Chabon apologizes for Israel even when he’s critiquing it. But in 2007, he wrote a novel with an alternate history that sheds a light on the actual present.
On Not Knowing Yourself: What’s Adam Phillips Saying About Life Story?
Brandon Kreitler on the problem of biography in the wake of Freud.
The Popularity of Near-Death Experience
Michael Cholbi reviews “Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife.”
Deprovincializing Philosophy
Peter Adamson’s “Philosophy in the Islamic World” marks a revolution: it redraws the map of the history of philosophy in a fundamental way.
Ancient Eastern Advice for Modern Western Problems
Howard J. Curzer considers the merits of Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh's "The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life."
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