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The Human in University Education
A meditation on how we organize and produce knowledge at the university, and the need for study of study.
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
Disconnecting Acts: An Interview with Zygmunt Bauman Part II
Part II of a two-part interview with one of Europe’s foremost thinkers, Zygmunt Bauman.
Casaubon’s Humanities
James Turner’s Philology makes a case for the comparative mode that gave birth to the modern humanities — but what does his argument say for the state of the humanities now?
Facing the Intolerable
Jacques Rancière and how a new politics of aesthetics disrupts the way we reduce violence into mediated forms.
Disconnecting Acts: An Interview with Zygmunt Bauman Part I
Part I of a two-part interview with one of Europe’s foremost thinkers, Zygmunt Bauman.
Foucault’s Risks
Writing in the same year that Thatcher was elected, Foucault described a nascent neoliberalism now in its mature state. For three graduate students born in a post-Reagan America, there can be no doubt that Foucault’s thinking describes their present.
What Is Enlightenment?: Google, Wikileaks, and the Reorganization of the World
Contributor Harry Halpin on Julian Assange's "What Is Enlightenment?: Google, Wikileaks, and the Reorganization of the World"
Solar Wisdom
"It is not very common that a work of philosophy that deals with beauty is itself beautifully written. David E. Cooper’s 'Sunlight on the Sea: Reflecting on Reflections' is one such work."
Girls of Spectacular Culture
"We’ve not only become absolute commodities but commodities whose every meaningless gesture is also a commodity as they are captured for the screen."
Plato at the Multiplex
Two new books remind us that the allegory of the cave is still alive and kicking, and that it speaks directly to the current cultural moment.
Remembering Derrida: A Forum
What might we make of Derrida’s legacy, 10 years after his death?
Everything Burns: Derrida’s Holocaust
What might we make of Derrida’s legacy, 10 years after his death?
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