“Society must be studied in the individual and the individual in society; those who desire to treat politics and morals apart from one another will never understand either.”
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education
Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
The nonfiction collapse. We’re nearing the point where one fiction blockbuster could outsell the entirety of the nonfiction bestseller list
The extraordinary achievement of Moby-Dick is to unroll the blank sheet on which modernity will write itself
Helen Vendler spent a lifetime writing about lyric poetry, yet her criticism always started from frustration, not certainty
philosophybits: “Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.” — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia
