Reviews: Books

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman gives a hopeful spin on our species.
[Issue 149: April/May 2022]

Beyond Bad by Chris Paley

Chris Paley wants us to leave morality behind completely.
[Issue 149: April/May 2022]

Modern Europe and the Enlightenment by Rumy Hasan

Terri Murray asks if liberalism is under attack in Europe.
[Issue 148: February/March 2022]

Kierkegaard and the Question Concerning Technology by Christopher Barnett

Michael Strawser questions Kierkegaard about technology.
[Issue 148: February/March 2022]

Pandora’s Book by David Birch

Steven Campbell-Harris is provoked by ideas.
[Issue 148: February/March 2022]

On Philosophy and Philosophers: Unpublished papers, 1960-2000 by Richard Rorty

Daniel C. Dennett on the Richard Rorty Factor.
[Issue 147: December 2021 / January 2022]

An Event, Perhaps: A Biography of Jacques Derrida by Peter Salmon

Omar Sabbagh on a biography of Jacques Derrida.
[Issue 147: December 2021 / January 2022]

Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger

This issue we travel back in time in Germany, as Leonid Bilmes uses words and symbols to consider the words and symbols of four famous ‘Weimar magicians’.
[Issue 146: October/November 2021]

All Things are Nothing To Me by Jacob Blumenfeld

Douglas Groothuis thinks nothing of Max Stirner’s nihilism.
[Issue 146: October/November 2021]

Just Deserts: Debating Free Will by Daniel C. Dennett & Gregg D. Caruso

Stuart Jeffries considers the moral implications of a (possible) lack of free will.
[Issue 145: August/September 2021]

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