Protagoras: Two Pictures of Morality
Josh discusses two distinct pictures of morality from Platos’ Protagoras, and how we might reconcile them.
Category: Political Philosophy
How Lake Surfers Taught Me the Meaning of Environmental Justice
According to reports from city officials, U.S. Steel’s faciltiy in Portage, Indiana is still leaking carcinogens into Lake Michigan — unmonitored.
Cops and Philosophers: In Conversation with Maya Dukmasova
On cops, cosmopolitanism, and Chicago.
Escape From and Contempt for Action
Lucy tells the story of John Dewey’s theoretical hangups
Escapism in English Theories of Utopia
Wen Li traces “escape” throughout the history of English thought
Elon Musk, Our Greatest Escape Artist
Felix discusses the actions and purported “solutions” of Elon Musk
Excavating Contemporary Capitalism: Towards a Critique of Extraction Writ Large
Lecture by Sandro Mezzadra Sandro Mezzadra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, as well as a visiting research fellow…
An Interview with Moishe Postone: Marx, Capitalism, and the Possibility of Activism Today
By Jonathan Cook, Benjamin Andrew, and Phedias Christodoulides Moishe Postone is the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of the College in History, Co-Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, as well…