It’s not uncommon to hear people lament the simplification of public philosophy as an academic discipline, rather, a successful service industry trying to win customers,” Stuart Jeffries said in 2017. writing.
But the authors of FP have argued over the years that the work of public philosophers, along with their academic counterparts, continues to influence contemporary political thought. This edition of Flashpoint explores the philosopher’s enduring influence on Western politics and society.Chloe Hadavas
It’s time to take Bernard-Henri Lévy seriously
A perusal by Blake Smith on the philosophical career and influence of one of France’s most ridiculed public intellectuals.
It’s not uncommon to hear people lament the simplification of public philosophy as an academic discipline, rather, a successful service industry trying to win customers,” Stuart Jeffries said in 2017. writing.
But the authors of FP have argued over the years that the work of public philosophers, along with their academic counterparts, continues to influence contemporary political thought. This edition of Flashpoint explores the philosopher’s enduring influence on Western politics and society.Chloe Hadavas
French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy in Paris, November 24, 1986. Yves GELLIE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
It’s time to take Bernard-Henri Lévy seriously
A perusal by Blake Smith on the philosophical career and influence of one of France’s most ridiculed public intellectuals.
German philosophers Richard David Precht (left) and Jürgen Habermas (right), taken in 2013.Getty Images
German philosophy has finally gone viral. Will it undo?
A new generation of rock star philosophers is bringing the field to the masses. But his TED talks, TV shows, and bestsellers on them may ruin it forever, he writes Stuart Jeffries.
Photo of Judith Shukler in March 1972.UAV 605.295.11, Box 3. Harvard University Archives
Who’s Afraid of Judith Shukler?
American philosophers have shown that Western politics can only move forward by first taking a step back, writes Jacob T. Levy.
From left, French philosophers Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze.MPI/Getty Images
How Left Wing Theory Lost Meaning
Progressive thinkers have tried to explain the world more, but have found it explains nothing, writes John-Baptiste Oduor.
Jürgen Habermas, Vienna, March 6, 2004.Jet Buderman/De Verdunny
Why Jürgen Habermas Disappeared
The German philosopher was one of the most influential public intellectuals of the 20th century. But 21st-century politics, writes Blake-Smith, have led him astray.
