Philosophy

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December 15, 2020

Theodor Adorno and the Crises of Liberalism

At the center of Adorno’s work was a reminder that fascist movements are not exceptional to liberal democracy but signs of its failure.

Peter E. Gordon
August 3, 2020

The Philosophical Leftovers of Gilles Deleuze

What is there left to learn from the work the French thinker left behind?

Andrew Marzoni
June 8, 2020

The Twisted Legacy of Alfred Jarry’s Monsters

A recent retrospective of his work, viewable online at the Morgan Library and Museum, illustrates the sprawling influence of his many artistic and philosophical creations.

Will Fenstermaker
May 13, 2020

Judith Butler on the Violence of Neglect Amid a Health Crisis

A conversation with the theorist about her new book, The Force of Nonviolence, and the need for global solidarity in the pandemic world

Francis Wade
May 5, 2020

The Worlds of Edward Said

An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.

Rashid Khalidi
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February 28, 2020

Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran

What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own.

Samuel Thrope
February 17, 2020

Richard Powers on the Standing of Trees

The author of The Overstory hikes through the Great Smoky Mountains and discusses giving personhood to nonhumans.

Zoë Carpenter
February 10, 2020

The Center Is a Decaying Piece of Real Estate

And Bernie Sanders is the only candidate not clinging to it.

Shuja Haider
February 3, 2020

John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics

Caught between town and country, love and criticism, the English writer’s work tracks the political evolution of his generation.

Bruce Robbins
January 22, 2020

Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad

We talked to the philosopher about her recent book The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and her thoughts on contemporary global politics.

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

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Philosophy

December 15, 2020

At the center of Adorno’s work was a reminder that fascist movements are not exceptional to liberal democracy but signs of its failure.

August 3, 2020

What is there left to learn from the work the French thinker left behind?

June 8, 2020

A recent retrospective of his work, viewable online at the Morgan Library and Museum, illustrates the sprawling influence of his many artistic and philosophical creations.

May 13, 2020

A conversation with the theorist about her new book, The Force of Nonviolence, and the need for global solidarity in the pandemic world

May 5, 2020

An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.

GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

February 28, 2020

What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own.

February 17, 2020

The author of The Overstory hikes through the Great Smoky Mountains and discusses giving personhood to nonhumans.

February 10, 2020

And Bernie Sanders is the only candidate not clinging to it.

February 3, 2020

Caught between town and country, love and criticism, the English writer’s work tracks the political evolution of his generation.

January 22, 2020

We talked to the philosopher about her recent book The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and her thoughts on contemporary global politics.