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1w ago
Anthony Elliott is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Digital Transformation. His research focuses on the digital revolution, lifestyle change and social theory. The author and editor of some 50 books translated into 17 languages, The New Republic has described Elliott’s ..read more
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1M ago
Justin Remhof is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University and the author of Nietzsche’s Constructivism: A Metaphysics of Material Objects. His new book, Nietzsche as Metaphysician, examines aspects of Nietzsche’s thought that have received little attention in the literature, including his view of what makes metaphysics possible; his metaphysics of science; his ..read more
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2M ago
Vasilis Grollios is currently an independent postdoctoral researcher and author of the new book, Illusion and Fetishism in Critical Theory: A study of Nietzsche, Benjamin, Castoriadis and the Situationists. In this Recently Published Book Spotlight, Grollios discusses how this book fits in with his larger research project in Marxist critical theory, his reason for including ..read more
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3M ago
David Thorstad is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, Senior Research Affiliate at the Global Priorities Institute, Oxford, and Research Affiliate at the MINT Lab, ANU. His research focuses on bounded rationality, inquiry, and the ethics of emerging technologies. In this Recently Published Book Spotlight, David discusses his most recent book, Inquiry Under Bounds ..read more
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4M ago
Glenn Wallis is an independent scholar and founder of Incite Seminars in Philadelphia. He has taught at several universities, including Brown University and the University of Georgia. His most recent books include A Critique of Western Buddhism, How to Fix Education, and the recently published Nietzsche NOW! The Great Immoralist on the Vital Issues of ..read more
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5M ago
James Tartaglia is Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Keele University, UK. He is the author of Philosophy in a Meaningless Life (2016), Philosophy in a Technological World (2020), and his newest book Inner Space Philosophy, which was released today. In this Recently Published Book Spotlight, Tartaglia discusses how his frustration with the standardized style of ..read more
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6M ago
Christopher Hamilton is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London. He believes that philosophy begins in everyday experience with the problems and difficulties we confront in our lives. However, in his book Rapture he explores moments of everyday life that provide a sense of pleasure, joy or delight, together with a release from the travails ..read more
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8M ago
Luciano Floridi is the Founding Director of the Digital Ethics Center and Professor in the Cognitive Science Program at Yale University. His research focuses on the digital revolution and its philosophical issues. In this Recently Published Book Spotlight, Floridi discusses his recent book The Green and The Blue: Naive Ideas to Improve Politics in the ..read more
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10M ago
For more than 20 years, Kristof Van Rossem has worked as an independent trainer in Socratic dialogue in various organizations from businesses to schools, non-profits, and prisons. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and in Sciences of Religion and currently teaches Business Ethics at Odisee University College of Brussels and provides pedagogical training to ..read more
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11M ago
Jason Blakely is Associate Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University in California. His writing often straddles the divides of academic and popular. He has contributed to leading public venues like Harper’s Magazine and The Atlantic, and written on how to salvage politics and the human sciences from the abuses of scientific authority in his ..read more