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The Philosophical Salon
True to the tradition of public intellectual engagement, the Philosophical Salon is a place where contemporary thinkers can discuss today's crucial issues. In cooperation with our two columnists and e
Theory and Education
“Is Theory Critical?” was a question recently put to some of us publicly. I myself interpreted this question institutionally and practically: how
The Case of Martyr-Philosophers
Suppose there is a manner of doing philosophy that, strictly speaking, doesn’t involve writing and speech-making, lecturing and teaching—indeed, a form of
A Common European Culture
European citizen, of French nationality, Bulgarian by birth and American by adoption, I am not insensitive to harsh critiques of Europe, but
How FOMO controls us
We’re continually being bombarded with suggestions about what we might do (go jet skiing, study in Colorado, visit the Maldives or see
The future of universities
University has not always been the unwieldy bureaucratic machine that it is now. From the end of the eighteenth century onwards, European
Sharing in a global and multicultural context
We live in a world which is perpetually on the verge of tightening, or altogether closing, its political and other human-made borders.
Recommendations and criticism in the digital age
The cultural section of newspapers is one of the traditional bastions of criticism. It is here that books, music and theater plays
Slavoj Žižek on Ferguson and violence
In August 2014, violent protests exploded in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, after a policeman shot to death an unarmed black