Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek
How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer
The European émigré who became a philosopher of American cinema.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
Do You Only Have a Brain? On Thomas Nagel Do You Only Have a Brain? On Thomas Nagel
A philosopher’s broadside against Darwinism and materialism is mostly an instrument of mischief.
Oct 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Brian Leiter and Michael Weisberg
The Good European: On Jürgen Habermas The Good European: On Jürgen Habermas
German “ordoliberalism” and Eurocrats have the EU on the brink, but Germany’s most famous philosopher remains optimistic about European democracy.
Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Anson Rabinbach
The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets
Why are moral and political thinkers failing to engage with the true, dispiriting scale of market sovereignty?
Jun 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga
If our brains act according to the causal laws governing all matter, in what sense can we be said to be free?
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
American Idol: On Nietzsche in America American Idol: On Nietzsche in America
Why early twentieth-century Americans—from anarchists to Baptist ministers—fell for the philosophy of Nietzsche.
Nov 1, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ross Posnock
Shelf Life: On Socrates Shelf Life: On Socrates
Bettany Hughes's biography of Socrates is a book that Socrates himself, on a mean day, would have torn to shreds.
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
Teaching Peace Teaching Peace
If peacemaking is teachable, why are school so reluctant to offer classes in peace studies?
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
Sentimentality or Honesty? On Charles Taylor Sentimentality or Honesty? On Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor is a sadly endangered type: the philosopher-statesman.
Aug 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Mark Oppenheimer