Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Hannah Arendt on Hong Kong’s Violence
Over the past summer, Hong Kong underwent one of its most pronounced political conflicts in its history. Opposition that was originally directed towards a...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Dashboard Indicators and Well-Being Public Policy
On May 30th, 2019, the Government of New Zealand delivered for the first time a budget that was explicitly focused on implementing policies that...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Pushing Back Against the Business Model
It is no secret that among the humanities the discipline of philosophy is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to including...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: What Criminal Justice Reformers Can Learn from the Green...
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Public Seminar.
The decline of America’s democratic institutions has emerged as a central issue in contemporary American politics....
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Nike’s “Dream Crazier,” A new brand of Self Objectification
Editor's note: This piece is cross-posted at Engenderings, the gender studies blog of the London School of Economics. You can see their most recent...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The McDonaldization of Philosophy
As societies have evolved beyond the preindustrial era, they have become more and more dominated by bureaucracies. However, the ultimate form of bureaucracy is...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Can Philosophy Survive the Neoliberal Academy?
Note: This piece is adapted from Brandon Absher's presentation at the Eastern APA 2019, entitled "The Neoliberal University and What This Means to Society"
In...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Post-Truth, Fanaticism, and Facebook
In 2002, Hubert Dreyfus published a paper, “Anonymity versus Commitment: The Dangers of Education on the Internet” where he decried the effect of the...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them
Facts, as the old saying goes, are “stubborn things.” But what about our attitude towards facts? When one’s feelings about facts drive a decision,...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Wittgenstein in the Digital Age of Communication
In 2014, Sue Shellenbarger, writing for The Wall Street Journal, described the frustration and stress we often feel when trying to decipher a cryptic...