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Book Review: Derrida on Deconstruction
A review of Barry Stocker's Derrida on Deconstruction (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks) Stocker focuses on Derrida's early writings and there are good reasons for doing for this: the great number of… Read more
Book Review: Desmond’s Greek Praise of Poverty
From NDPR, a review of William Desmond's The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism Behind this catchy title lies a wealth of thought-provoking and original analysis which aims… Read more
Book Review: Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind
Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind, reviewed by Shaun Gallagher A volume dedicated to exploring connections between phenomenology and the philosophy of mind is especially welcome at this point since there… Read more
Book Review: Putnam on Spinoza
Hillary Putnam reviews Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity I taught my first philosophy classes in the autumn of 1952, at Northwestern University. In those days, an… Read more
Book Review: Fichte, System of Ethics
Christian Lotz reviews Fichte: The System of Ethics During the last two decades, German Idealism has become more attractive and acceptable in the Anglophone world, especially given the slow breakdown… Read more
Book Review: Kierkegaard and Socrates
A review of Jacob Howland's Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith Jacob Howland's study is an essentially modest and exegetical work that, in large part, delivers what… Read more
Book Review: Becoming a Subject
A review of Marcia Cavell's Becoming a Subject: Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Marcia Cavell's recent book is the continuation of a 'conversation between philosophy and psychoanalysis' in which she… Read more
Book Review: The Unity of Plato’s Gorgias
A review of Devin Stauffer's The Unity of Plato's 'Gorgias': Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life This book calls for "a close, painstaking, and open-minded reading of each of Plato's… Read more
Book Review: Aristotle and the Rediscovery of Citizenship
A review of Susan D. Collins' Aristotle and the Rediscovery of Citizenship Susan Collins seeks a renewed conception of citizenship through an investigation of Aristotle's political philosophy. This is necessary,… Read more
Book Review: Imagination in Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason
In his book Imagination in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason, Freydberg offers three provocative arguments. First, Freydberg argues that even though the significance of imagination for practical reason is never… Read more
Book Review: Politics and the Passions
A review of Politics and the Passions, 1500-1850 This volume contains twelve essays on early modern philosophers from Machiavelli to Mill, addressing their views on the passions from the perspective… Read more
New Book: Sartre & the Jewish Question
Jean-Paul Sartre and the Jewish QuestionAnti-antisemitism and the Politics of the French Intellectual By Jonathan Judaken “All serious readers of Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew should read Jonathan Judaken's Jean-Paul Sartre… Read more
Book Review: Modernism and the Language of Philosophy
From NDPR, a review of Modernism and the Language of Philosophy Modernism, in the book under review, is characterized as the belief that "there can be no philosophical language; that… Read more
Book Review: Descartes: A Biography
From NDPR, a review of Descartes: A Biography There has developed, in recent years, a small industry in the writing of philosophical biographies — books detailing the lives of great… Read more
Book Review: Spinoza’s Ethics
From NDPR, a review of Spinoza's 'Ethics': An Introduction Spinoza's Ethics is a recent addition to Cambridge's Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts, a series developed for the purpose of helping… Read more
Book Review: Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel
From NDPR, a review of The Future of Hegel The French reception of Hegel has long been deeply influenced by Heidegger's interpretation of his great German predecessor. According to… Read more
Book Review: Aesthetic Democracy
From NDPR, John Carvalho reviews Thomas Docherty's Aesthetic Democracy Aesthetic Democracy is not a book of political philosophy, however, and you will find nothing of the comparatively banal discussions just… Read more
New Book: Heidegger’s Hut
Heidegger's Hut by Adam Sharr Beginning in the summer of 1922, philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) occupied a small, three-room cabin in the Black Forest Mountains of southern Germany. He called… Read more
Book Review: Rousseau’s Theory of Freedom
From NDPR, a review of Rousseau's Theory of Freedom: It is still fairly uncommon for book length critical assessments of Rousseau's work to concentrate on one theme or notion in his… Read more
Book Review: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation
Peter Hallward's new book Out of this World: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation constructs the French philosopher as a mystic whose ideas, however inspiring, are politically useless. Jason Read,… Read more