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Posted by Rick Elmore | Nov 22, 2023 | Book Reviews
Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking, eds. Silvia Benso and Elvira Roncalli. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2021. viii + 214pp. ISBN 9781438484915. Antonio Calcagno, King’s University College at...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Sep 4, 2023 | Book Reviews
Perry Zurn. Curiosity and Power. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021; 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1-5179-0719-8 Reviewed by rl goldberg, Princeton University, Prison Teaching Initiative War, it is said, is politics by other...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Jul 21, 2023 | Book Reviews
Bruce Baugh. Philosophers’ Walks. London: Routledge, 2022; 252 pp. ISBN: 978-0367333133. Reviewed by James Crooks, Bishop’s University Bruce Baugh’s Philosophers’ Walks aims at analysis of a diverse group of thinkers—Descartes,...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | May 16, 2023 | Book Reviews
Tim Ingold, Imagining for Real: Essays on Creation, Attention and Correspondence. New York: Routledge, 2022; 417 pp. ISBN: 978-0367775117 Reviewed by Bruce Baugh, Professor Emeritus, Thompson Rivers University The proper study...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Apr 12, 2023 | Book Reviews
A. Shahid Stover, Epistemic Ruptures, Insurgent Philosophy. New York: Cannae Press, 2022; 131pp. ISBN: 978-1733551038. Reviewed by Devin Zane Shaw, Douglas College Sometimes it seems that the field of philosophy is...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Mar 2, 2023 | Book Reviews
Elisabeth Paquette, Universal Emancipation: Race Beyond Badiou. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020; 211 pages. ISBN: 978-1517909444 Reviewed by Sterling Hall, Villanova University Elisabeth Paquette’s book...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | Aug 4, 2022 | Book Reviews
Dietrich von Hildebrand, What is Philosophy? Steubenville: Hildebrand Press, 2021; 254 pages. ISBN: 9781939773173. Reviewed by Timothy B. Jaeger, Boston College. Continuing in its arduous task of bringing the works of Dietrich...
Read MorePosted by Rick Elmore | May 2, 2022 | Book Reviews
Fred Evans, Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy. An Essay in Political Aesthetics. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018; 342 pages. ISBN: 978-0231187589. Reviewed by Jérôme Melançon, University of Regina. The...
Read MoreWir müssen alles wieder für uns und nur für uns thun und z.B. die Wissenschaft an uns messen, mit der Frage: was ist uns die Wissenschaft? Nicht aber: was sind wir der Wissenschaft? Man macht sich wirklich das Leben zu leicht, wenn man sich so einfach historisch nimmt und in den Dienst stellt. »Das Heil deiner selbst geht über alles« soll man sich sagen: und es giebt keine Institution, welche du höher zu achten hättest als deine eigne Seele.