Costică Brădăţan

Two books on 1933 help us understand history at a fateful turning point.

Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. Instead, she found Jesus Christ.

By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.

Tadeusz Borowski’s ‘Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories’ explores the complex social, political, and intellectual climate of Nazi Germany.

A new collection of interviews with René Girard offers insight into the complexity of his ideas and the process through which he came to them.