A Political and Literary Forum
Two new books take aim at the moral failures of meritocracy. But we can advocate for a more just society without giving up on merit.
Agnes Callard
Remembering James H. Cone.
Cornel West
Noam Chomsky and Hilary Putnam on how language connects us to the world.
Errol Morris
Tocqueville warned us about democratic fatalism. But as Steven Pinker’s new book shows, fatalism is a permanent feature of modern politics.
David Runciman
The philosopher Herbert Marcuse saw machines as our greatest hope for real liberty. But in Trump’s America, automation feels more totalitarian than ever.
David Moscrop
Reckoning with Germany’s dangerous legacy.
Georg Diez
What constitutes a good death? On end-of-life care and assisted suicide.
F. M. Kamm
No matter how political things seem, they are invariably personal.
Neil Gordon
A new biography reveals Habermas's commitment to a democratic ideal.
William E. Scheuerman
Protest is not merely a matter of personal awakening, but of organizing and mobilizing the power needed to change social relations.
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Lampooned as a dangerous import from Paris, deconstruction is in fact a distinctively American phenomenon.
Gregory Jones-Katz
America continues to be haunted by our need to grieve.
Ingrid Norton
Liberal democracy requires that we banish religion from politics.
Avishai Margalit & Assaf Sharon
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