Throughout the history of European thought, humor has always had an unruly, utopian impulse: one that transcended class and threatened to upend the social order.
French thinker Étienne Balibar argues that the modern nation-state has become a religion that is now collapsing under the weight of its contradictions.
Democratic socialism, increasingly appealing to young people today, extends democracy into the economic realm. The idea’s not new; we need to explore its history.
Pope Francis is a highly original and supple thinker, with a breadth of knowledge accumulated over five decades. A new book fleshes out his intellectual journey.
One of the most brilliant and influential Catholic philosophers of the twentieth century, G.E.M. Anscombe defended traditional doctrine with a clear, earnest voice.
We make choices and decisions every day. Stories about living and reliving your life over and over allow us to see which of them are really consequential
A new translation of The Enneads, the third-century cosmological poem by Plotinus, is likely to remain the definitive critical edition in English for years to come
Professor Deneen’s book spurs us to exercise our rights more wisely, thus proving that we are indeed capable of living as a community of liberated individuals
