What Are You Reading…On Elections
There is one event happening this week that will, barring something unexpected, override every other news story. The 2016 election has been one for...
How do you Make Literature Studies Relevant?
This post is the fourth in a series on the work of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique. The Critical Theory Workshop is...
What Are You Reading…On Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
I was recently in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy’s (SPEP) annual meeting. There were many interesting sessions,...
What’s Critical about Psychoanalysis?
This post is the third in a series on the work of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique. The Critical Theory Workshop is...
Developing the Virtues
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Helicopter parenting is denounced by onlookers (e.g., David Brooks) as...
Accessible and Inaccessible Disciplines: why philosophy and science are similar but are treated differently
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Amongst my books is a late nineteenth century edition...
What Are You Reading…On Sustainability and Change (Part 2)
Last week I compiled a list of books that inspired participants at a conference I attended to pursue unconventional career paths. As is often...
Fascism in America: Donald Trump, America’s Hitler of the 21st Century?
Over the recent months the voices warning of seeing in Trump a new fascism rising in America have waxed and waned. With great urgency...
The Critical Theory Workshop: The Mo(ve)ment of Contemporary Philosophy
This post is the second in a series on the work of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique. The Critical Theory Workshop is...
What Are You Reading…On Sustainability and Change (Part 1)
I spent the past week in the company of an inspiring group of individuals who are committed to building a sustainable world. Organized by...