A collection of 138 posts
Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance.
A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.
In ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master.
A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today.
An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem.
In a valuable new book, historian Richard Landes argues that Western reporting on the Second Palestinian Intifada helped to seed a misunderstanding of terrorism.
In his new book, Murakami attempts to set the limits of what he wants people to know about him—and that isn’t much.
The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans.
Adam Curtis’s new BBC series provides a unique insight into Russia’s late-twentieth-century collapse.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s new book offers a profile in courage.
Jann Wenner’s attempt to set the record straight only confirms the unattractive picture painted by his critics.
A review of Arthur C. Brooks’s new book, ‘From Strength to Strength.’
An outstanding new book tells the story of a wildly successful literary hoax. But it was just one of many.
Sexual liberty reconsidered.