Do You Have the ‘Will and Attention’ To Escape the Bottle?
Meghan O’Gieblyn’s new memoir faces up to faith, addiction, and techno-skepticism armed mainly with a spiritual World War II philosopher
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‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World
In Venice, Sophie Fiennes’ third collaboration with Zizek sees the 77-year-old at his most political — and earnest
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A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’
At the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader Wrestles with Free Will and Determinism
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Slavoj Žižek Can’t Name the Monster Anymore
‘Liberal Fascisms’ is the latest of the viral Slovenian philosophers collected essays
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The Long, Poisonous Roots of Conspiracy Theories
In his ‘Hidden History’ Andrew McKenzie-McHarg goes back to Machiavelli and wide to ‘Yankees and Cowboys’
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How Great Minds Retreat From the World
Guy Stagg retraces the paths of Ludwig Wittgenstein, David Jones, and Simone Weil to explore solitude as a crucible for creative renewal
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’21 Lessons’ About Why We’re Screwed
Worry, and Be Unhappy
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The Avital Ronell Case: Culture Wars in the Twilight of Humanities Departments
Brian Leiter, the Matt Drudge of the philosophy world, sheds light on a dark period in higher ed
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