Brief Lives Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) Martin Jenkins looks at the life of an influential early political philosopher. Etienne de la Boétie is probably best known in the English-speaking world ...

Liberty & Equality The Paradox of Liberalism Francisco Mejia Uribe explains why the rise of fundamentalism poses a problem for liberals, and suggests what they can do about it. Fundamentalism is ...

Philosophy in Russia Tolstoy’s Theory of Nonviolence Academician Abdusalam A. Guseinov on pacificism and the perspective of the infinite beginning. The idea of nonviolence entered into the cycle of ...

Films The Truman Show Have you ever wondered whether everyone talks about you behind your back? Whether they are all keeping something from you? John McGuire discusses the Cartesian nightmare that is ...

Articles Descartes versus Cudworth On The Moral Worth of Animals Samuel Kaldas compares two views on the nature of animals and their implications for our moral responsibility towards them. “No one ...

Modern French Philosophy Derrida’s Performance Yonathan Listik puts in a linguistic performance to communicate Derrida’s linguistic performance. The title of this article contains an ambiguity, and ...

Films Good Will Hunting Tamás Szabados gives it an existential analysis. The heart of the movie Good Will Hunting (1997) is an encounter between Will (Matt Damon), a twenty-year-old working class ...

Articles Bertrand Russell Stalks The Nazis Thomas Akehurst on why Russell blamed German fascism on German philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is best known for his activities at the very ...

Interview Raymond Tallis Our columnist has just released a major book on the philosophy of time. Grant Bartley interviews him about Of Time and Lamentation. Lovely to see you Professor Tallis, to talk ...

Humor The Philosophy of a Controversial Joke Isadora Mosch considers why we laugh at things that aren’t funny. “Why can’t Helen Keller drive? Because she’s a woman.” I admit that laughing out loud ...

Continental Thoughts A Radical Cure: Hannah Arendt & Simone Weil on the Need for Roots Scott Remer thinks we arendt happy without a community and considers the complete reconstruction of the modern ...

Articles The Death of Postmodernism And Beyond Alan Kirby says postmodernism is dead and buried. In its place comes a new paradigm of authority and knowledge formed under the pressure of new ...