What Are You Reading…On Marriage
Commitment is a powerful thing. The moment we make a commitment—whether it is to another person, an institution, an ideology, or something else—our lives...
What Are You Reading…On Pedagogy
Now that the 2017-2018 academic year has begun, it is time to return to some tasks and projects that we’ve set aside for a...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Reflections on Charlottesville
The following text is a revised transcript of a talk Lewis Gordon gave to the Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) as part of...
What Are You Reading…On Cosmopolitanism
Since my last “What Are You Reading” column, I have traveled halfway around the world to China, where I am beginning a position teaching...
What Are You Reading…On Dreams
A month or so ago, I read the most recent addition to the Sandman graphic novels, Sandman: Overture. I was struck by J.H. Williams’...
What Are You Reading…On Satire
A couple days ago I was shown an amicus brief filed by the ACLU in support of John Oliver’s defense against coal executive Bob...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Women’s History and the Politics of Shame in Ireland
This year, women’s history month opened in Ireland with revelations of a mass-grave containing infant remains at a former institution for single mothers. Excavations...
Ethics and Contemporary Politics: Trump Junior’s Emails and the Rule of Law
With the release last week of Donald Trump Junior’s emails, from which the public learned that he enthusiastically embraced the offer of a Kremlin...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Hipsters and Imaginative Resistance
Hipsters are all around us: drinking their underroasted coffee, sporting funny facial hair and wearing knitted hats. I’m not a hipster myself. But some...
What Are You Reading…On Mystery
Over the last month I’ve read two of Kate Ross’s Julien Kestrel mysteries. For those of you not aware, Julien Kestrel is a fictional...