Paul Valéry and the Mechanisms of Modern Tyranny

All modern forms of government presume an objectification of their citizens.

The disagreement between modernism and the contemporary discourse of “self-help” is not about whether literature has “therapeutic” capacities.

When you turn to the news, what you will encounter, overwhelmingly, is crime.

Everything that was once considered lowbrow is now triumphant.

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Who Do We Think We Are?

This is a fertile time in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science for thinking about attention.

What is a face?

King’s arguments for freedom and justice were not only constitutional but also profoundly ethical.

The lack of cultural capital spurs a form of social begging intended to expand and upgrade the supplicant’s social network.