Tag: "culture & society"

Cross-Dressing with Jacques and Judy

Peter Benson ponders the construction and deconstruction of our traditional notions about gender.
[Issue 28: August/September 2000: Articles]

Sir Stuart Hampshire

Sir Stuart Hampshire has a new theory of justice based on the inevitability of conflict and on the importance of hearing the other side. Paul Sheehy asked him about his struggles with justice.
[Issue 28: August/September 2000: Interview]

Philosophy & Life: A View from Vietnam

One of Vietnam’s leading academic philosophers Vu Tinh describes the role of philosophy in his country and in the world at large.
[Issue 27: June/July 2000: Report]

Peg’s Piece: Millennial Angst!

Philosophy Now’s columnist Peg Tittle takes on global corporate culture.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000: Peg’s Piece]

Jürgen Habermas

by Michael Graubart
[Issue 26: April/May 2000: The Library of Living Philosophers]

Alexander Zinoviev

Alexander Zinoviev is a scientist, a writer, a painter, and a member of the Department of Ethics at Moscow State University. The author of many books analysing contemporary society, he was for over twenty years an exile in Germany, and became a German citizen. Now he has returned to Russia. This interview is by his colleague in the Department of Ethics, Professor Alexander Razin (a contributing editor of Philosophy Now).
[Issue 26: April/May 2000: Interview]

Peg’s Piece

Philosophy Now’s columnist Peg Tittle fires off a few rounds.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000: Peg’s Piece]

Can a Life of Child-rearing Be Meaningful?

Sarah Conly on devoting one’s life to another.
[Issue 24: Summer 1999: The Meaning of Life]

Hobbes, Stirner & Authority

More than three centuries after the death of Thomas Hobbes, the issue of state power versus individual rights remains as contentious as ever. Paul Rowlandson on the case for strong government.
[Issue 22: Winter 1998/99: Articles]

Orwell and Philosophy

Martin Tyrrell on a champion of common sense.
[Issue 16: Autumn 1996: Articles]

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