Reviews

Nietzsche Studies (I)

H. James Birx looks at some books on Nietzsche.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

What Nietzsche Really Said by Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins

Patrick Scott, a new Nietzsche enthusiast, looks at… you’ve guessed it!
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

What became of the raucous laughter and inspired slapstick anarchism of the early silent comedies? Our regular film commentator Thomas Wartenberg traces the trajectory of film comedy from laughter to romance.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

Nietzsche Studies (II)

Timothy J. Madigan looks at some other books on Nietzsche.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science by Nancy Cartwright

Roger Caldwell introduces us to the untidy but realistic world of philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright.
[Issue 28: August/September 2000]

Copenhagen

Our new film columnist has discovered an exciting new type of movie: there’s no screen and the parts are played by live actors, in real time. Thomas Wartenberg reports on the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn.
[Issue 28: August/September 2000]

The African Philosophy Reader

William King ponders a collection of essays which show the diversity of African philosophy.
[Issue 27: June/July 2000]

Films and existential angst

Ladies and gentlemen… 21st Century Philosophy Now is proud to present the first showing in a new series of philosophical film articles by Thomas Wartenberg. In this installment he looks at American Beauty, Fight Club and Being John Malkovich.
[Issue 27: June/July 2000]

A Philosophy of Mass Art by Noel Carroll

Bob Sharpe considers art for the masses, the topic of a new book by Noel Carroll.
[Issue 27: June/July 2000]

A.J. Ayer: A Life by Ben Rogers

Ralph Blumenau reviews a new biography of A.J. Ayer, the angry young man who tried to abolish metaphysics.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000]

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