Populism: A Parasitic Ideology
Dejected by recent political defeats, some people in both the UK and the US have been calling for an alliance between right-wing and left-wing populists. These demands rest on a…
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Shawn Brewer
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Marshawn Brewer is a freelance writer, video essayist, and philosophy Ph.D student in the NYC area.
Anti-Humanism and the Battle Against Ethical Universalism
If humanism can be defined as a normative point of departure that prioritizes human concerns, interests and flourishing and focuses on the faculties that separate human beings from other animals,…
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Plato and Marx: Two Contrasting Visions of Humanism
There are two sorts of humanism (though the two strands are often intertwined): a humanism of constraint and moderation that talks of nature and limits; and a humanism of self-creation…
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What the Left Can Learn from Right-Wing Thinkers
Some people on the left believe that those on the right have no strong intellectual heritage, that right-wing politics is based on tradition, hierarchy and obedience, and has no need…
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Ross Douthat’s “The Decadent Society: How We Became Victims of Our Own Success.”
Photo by Alexander Popov Waste, decay, elimination need not be condemned: they are necessary consequences of life, of the growth of life. The phenomenon of decadence is as necessary as any…
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Ezra Klein’s “Why We’re Polarized.” Book Review.
Donald Trump once famously said that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and he would not lose a vote, and a significant proportion of the US…
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