Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life by Theodor W. Adorno My rating: 5 of 5 stars It helps to know that this 1951 book, an unclassifiable philosophical masterpiece consisting … Continue reading
Richard Rorty, Achieving Our Country
Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America by Richard M. Rorty My rating: 2 of 5 stars Richard Rorty is a Pragmatist philosopher: he believes that ideas and actions … Continue reading
Albert Camus, The Rebel
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt by Albert Camus My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Rebel is Albert Camus’s answer, written in 1951, to the painful question … Continue reading
Gillian Rose, Mourning Becomes the Law
Mourning Becomes the Law: Philosophy and Representation by Gillian Rose My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a posthumous 1996 essay collection by the British philosopher, who died of … Continue reading
Simone Weil, On the Abolition of All Political Parties
On the Abolition of All Political Parties by Simone Weil My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you’ll allow me, dear reader, a self-indulgent preamble— Readers of my novella, The Ecstasy … Continue reading
