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The Curious Case of a Scholar Who Didn’t Exist

In 1988, Princeton admitted Alexi Indris-Santana into its class of 1992. An autodidact who herded cattle by day and taught himself philosophy by night, Santana was also a talented distance…

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8 min

Culture & Media

Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Tensions of Travel

A great writer’s legacy demands constant renewal. Books left on a shelf, whether they are Tolstoyan or trash, gather dust. They look dog-eared, old-fashioned and uninviting. A critic’s task, sometimes,…

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11 min

Philosophy

How Individualism and Social Constructivism Can Be Reconciled: Part 1

In a recent exchange of letters on the platform Letter (more on which here), Matthew McManus and I explored the topic of inequality, with a focus on leftist critique. The…

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19 min

Psychology

Minds Without Bodies: Transgenderism and the Authentic Self

Jazz Jennings, teenage transgender superstar, turns to the camera: “To all of the kids out there who are hearing this book for the first time, I just want to say…

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10 min

Memory and Identity: A Letter Exchange with Gurwinder Bhogal

My interest in the freelance writer and fellow Areo contributor Gurwinder Bhogal was originally piqued by his tweets: a series of gnomic utterances about the slippery nature of identity and…

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The Curious Case of a Scholar Who Didn’t Exist

Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Tensions of Travel

How Individualism and Social Constructivism Can Be Reconciled: Part 1

Minds Without Bodies: Transgenderism and the Authentic Self

Memory and Identity: A Letter Exchange with Gurwinder Bhogal

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