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Posted by Rick Elmore | Jan 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Titus Stahl, Immanent Critique, trans. with John-Baptiste Oduor. London: Rowan & Littlefield, 2021; 348 pages. ISBN: 9781786601797. Alexei Procyshyn, Queen’s University Belfast Originally published in a lengthier German...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Nov 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
Banu Bargu, Disembodiment: Corporeal Politics of Radical Refusal. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024, 504 pp. ISBN: 9780197608531 Reviewed by Iaan Reynolds, Utah Valley University There are many things to praise about Banu...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Sep 12, 2025 | Book Reviews
Byung-Chul Han, The Spirit of Hope. Translated by Daniel Steuer. New York: Polity, 2024, 111 pp. ISBN: 9781509565191 Reviewed by Tanner R. Layton, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, Western University For Joel Faflak....
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Byung-Chul Han, Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2025; 128pp. ISBN: 978-1509558018 Reviewed by Avah Solomon & Robin Barrios, University of Ottawa In Vita Contemplativa (2022), a work of...
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Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Roots of Moral Evil. Steubenville: Hildebrand Press, 2024; 224 pages. ISBN: 9781939773210. Reviewed by Timothy B. Jaeger, Stony Brook University Of the many diverse and intricate ideas developed in...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | May 28, 2025 | Book Reviews
Simona Forti, Totalitarianism: A Borderline Idea in Political Philosophy. Translated by Simone Ghelli Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2024, viii + 170 pp. ISBN: 9781503637375 Reviewed by Antonio Calcagno, King’s...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Feb 19, 2025 | Book Reviews
Henry Somers-Hall. Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy: A New Reading of Six Thinkers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022; 264 pages. ISBN: 978-1-316-51790-1 Reviewed by Chen Yang, Hunan University. Henry...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Feb 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
Joan Braune, Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope. London: Routledge, 2024; 143pp. ISBN: 978-0367696986. Reviewed by D.Z. Shaw, Douglas College Within the small but growing field of antifascist...
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Joyce Avrech Berkman, Edith Stein’s Life in a Jewish Family, 1891–1916: A Companion, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2023; 170 pages. ISBN 978-1-66691-249-4. Reviewed by Antonio Calcagno, King’s University College at Western...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Nov 15, 2024 | Book Reviews
Ian Alexander Moore, Dialogue on the Threshold: Heidegger and Trakl. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2022; xxi + 398 pp. ISBN: 9781438490663. Reviewed by Harris B. Bechtol, Texas A&M University – San Antonio How does a...
Read MoreDu point de vue formel, n’importe quelle mauvaise idée qui passe par la tête d’un homme est néanmoins plus élevée que n’importe quelle production de la nature, car elle possède toujours spiritualité et liberté.