Back on September 2, 2013, I used the phrase ‘purported boy-wonders in our midst’ at NewApps. A day later (so on 3 September, 2013), I reported that my use was in a “satirical context.” The 3 Septembe...

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Spinoza’s Political Treatise (Tractatus Politicus: hereafter: TP) was first published alongside his Ethics in 1677. And because of that we can be somewhat confident that it circulated even if actual d...

One of the oddities in the reception of Strauss by his friends and admirers is that his writings have been decoupled from the Cold War.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University HalleWittenberg is offering 5 part time (65%) positions as part of the “Politics of the…

The Law School will prohibit electronic devices in most 1L courses next academic year, according to a broad strategy statement outlining its new approach to legal education amid increasing use of AI a...

Abstract. The Political Thought of John Locke: New Perspectives brings together research essays by political theorists, historians of political thought, an

Hans Maier entdeckte die christliche Demokratie und praktizierte sie, an Normen orientiert und auf Vielfalt eingestellt. Dem politischen Gelehrten war Gemeinschaftskult unheimlich und Freundschaft mit...

Von Dilthey und Troeltsch zu Scheler und Heidegger 2026. 270 Seiten. Ln 49,00 € ISBN 978-3-465-04683-7

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

The remarkable life and work of the French philosopher and activist Simone Weil has fascinated scholars from many disciplines, with no less than Albert Camus calling her the

West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.

Die Mustergeschichte des Teufels ist keine schöne Literatur: Der Religionsphilosoph Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann wird achtzig.

Unfortunately life is keeping me too busy right now for blogging, or really much else. But I just thought I would weigh in on the State of t...

Last week (here) I noted that throughout Culture and Anarchy (1869), Matthew Arnold treats the great liberal politician and social movement leader, John Bright, as his principle opponent.

In the Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu mentions Mandeville twice by name in a footnote pertaining to fashion.

Wie steht es um die Originalität, Virtuosität und das Ethos der modernen Literatur, wenn sie ihre Form im regelversessenen Exerzitium sucht? Die moderne Literatur wird von autonomen Autor*innen durch ...

ABSTRACT. This article focuses on the reception of John Milton’s work in Germany from the mid-seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Due to the potentially treasonous content of his Defensio (16...

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