Democracy as a Way of Life

An ethos for ordinary life

A boy and a baby in 1940s America

The Adult Talk Test

Can a given politician have an adult conversation with you? A lot hangs on the meaning of "adult conversation."

A conversation with Susan Neiman and friends around anti-fascist organizing

The occasion of this salon is Susan Neiman's short book, Left Is Not Woke. Joining Susan are Katherine Cassese, Julia Gibson, Stephen Rich, and Steven Vogel, as well as members of the emergent discussion group, Neighborhood.
Jeremy and Misty sitting at a wooden table with the portrait of their son, Emet which appears on the cover of the book

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Nussbaum’s Politics of Wonder

Wonder is the mind's excitement and proceeds by getting lost. And that is what democracy calls on us to do together.

American Ecstatics: A Surfacing

We have to make room for societies that are not colonial. American philosophy has not come to terms with this task. It is more than theoretical.

How to Disagree, or Experiments in Social Construction

A professor in Cleveland explores a triple analogy: social practice art / philosophy as a way of life / so-called "radical" pedagogy