Microaggression
It is difficult, sometimes, to be serious, appropriately serious, about trifles. On the one hand, trifles are . . . well . . . trifles. On the…
Putin’s Russia: Power and Postmodernity
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice. Bill Browder. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns…
Scientism and the Market Economy
The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi's Critique. Fred Block and Margaret R. Somers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2014. 352 pp. Hardcover, $49.95. Karl Polanyi is…
Savior King or Ruthless Tyrant? An Aristotelian Analysis of Lee Kuan Yew’s Legacy
Introduction This past spring, the death of Lee Kuan Yew marked the loss of one of the world’s most successful politicians. The former leader transformed Singapore from…
A Possible Paradigm for the Humanities in the University Today
In my essay, "The Place of the Humanities in the University Today," I reviewed some of the major critiques of the humanities and its subsequent failed strategies…
Havel: A Life
Havel: A Life. Michael Zantovsky. New York: Grove Press, 2014. I am grateful for the invitation to review Michael Zantovsky’s biography of Václav Havel, the playwright,…
The Oxford Political Philosophers
Political Theory and the National State The wars and revolutions of the twentieth century bring to its end a period that begins with the consolidation of the…