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Schiller’s Poetics of Freedom

The plays of Friedrich Schiller can guide us, or offer a guide to self-guidance, so that we may preserve our freedoms in the face of conflicting moral imperatives

October 22, 2009

Critique·Literature·Philosophy

A Good Look at Logic

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitrou

October 22, 2009

Art·Books·Philosophy

Germany: Heidegger – Being, Time and Place

For more than 50 years Martin Heidegger worked up in the mountain resort of Todtnauberg, at a simple desk looking east. It is not surprising that the philosopher chose to dwell in

September 22, 2009

Dispatches·Germany·Philosophy

Men on the Menu

An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu

June 25, 2009

Academia·Books·Philosophy

From Job to the Enlightenment

Susan Neiman’s reading of the Enlightenment is certainly distinctive, but also offers a courageous and uplifting attempt to tell the story as it is Our idea of modernity is in many ways

June 25, 2009

Critique·Faith·Philosophy

The Odd Couple

The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding by Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott

April 28, 2009

Books·History·Philosophy

Marx’s Capitalist

The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt

April 28, 2009

Books·Communism·History·Philosophy·Politics·UK Politics

Morality and Public Space

The Western democratic state depends on a public space that is free, peaceful, and equally accessible to every citizen. How far can we go in shaping the space to meet the demands

April 3, 2009

Critique·Modern Life·Philosophy·Social Affairs