Just don’t ask him about sex
‘The Volcano Lover,’ published in 1992, celebrates ideas of excellence and intellectual seriousness that today feel ancient
In our new political landscape, radicals on all sides find something to like in the German philosopher
Remembering the author, who died yesterday at 72
The slew of animated creatures on screen suggests that we once again feel the same fears that brought the original monster to life
What the pro-Palestinian activist—whose death was just ruled an accident—shared with Lawrence of Arabia
A new book on ‘antiphilosophy’ revives interest in Lev Shestov, a seminal but largely forgotten thinker
Video games are the medium of revenge, and for Israeli boys killing Hitler in Wolfenstein, that meant addressing some deep traumas
Werner Herzog and Moses agree: Truth reveals itself in mysterious ways, hidden from the cold and critical eye and available only to those prepared to indulge in fantasies
Robert Pinsky’s career-spanning Selected Poems highlights his movement from meditative formalist to Whitmanesque bard
Your Sunday reading, Monday
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