Dec 07, 2016
The Critic’s Notebook
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A sensational Salome at the Met, the future of philanthropy, and more from the world of culture.
Topic: “Philosophy”
Books December 2016
The great debunking
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Nov 04, 2016
Week in review
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An unrepentant radical, and the firm resolve of Kierkegaard.
Nov 01, 2016
The Critic’s Notebook
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An Indian symphony with the New York Phil, Proust’s inspiration at FIT, and more from the world of culture.
Books November 2016
Political educator
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Features May 2016
The disease of theory:
“Crime & Punishment” at 150
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On theory’s deleterious effects in Crime and Punishment.
Features May 2006
Is manliness obsolete?
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A review of Manliness by Harvey C. Mansfield
Books October 2001
Ideas as anecdotes
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A review of The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Louis Menand.
Features September 2000
Looking backward at Edward Bellamy’s utopia
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On the pervasive influence of the American utopian.
Features September 2000
The difficulty with Hegel
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Reflections on the philosopher, occasioned by the recent biography by Terry Pinkard.