Themed Articles

Thoreau’s ‘Paradise To Be Regained’

James Moran considers the archetypal American antedeluvian’s criticism of someone else’s technological paradise.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

An Epicurean Ideal

David Suits fearlessly pursues a materialistic life of simple pleasures.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Visions of a Perfect World

Debra Trione encourages American leaders to make their visions of utopia real.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

John Humphrey Noyes: Philosopher of Bible Communism

David White contemplates a life of sex and sermons.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

The Second Sex

Sally Scholz traces the major currents of Simone de Beauvoir’s main work.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

A Question of Vengeance

Pauline O’Flynn explores de Beauvoir’s argument that punishment is necessary to demonstrate that the degradation of humanity can never be ignored.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

The Ethics of Ambiguity

Charlotte Moore freely subjects de Beauvoir’s ethics to a discerning scrutiny.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

Becoming A Woman: Simone de Beauvoir on Female Embodiment

Felicity Joseph finds that sometimes it’s hard to become a woman.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

Annina Lehmann argues that wearing lipstick is a choice which shows that though we’re influenced by society, we can still make decisions about who we want to be.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

The Full Revelation of the Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Birth of Deep Autobiography

Peter Abbs recounts how Rousseau undertook a psychological self-examination a century before psychoanalysis.
[Issue 68: July/August 2008]

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