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Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry by Jonathan Wolff
Important and controversial areas of public policy are subjected to philosophical scrutiny as Wolff introduces and assesses core problems in public policy from a philosophical standpoint in dedicated chapters.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Long Emancipation by Rinaldo Walcott
Walcott urges the reader to confront the past through the urgencies of the present by questioning if we can even envision a world in which Black lives are fully emancipated, and what freedom means set against brutal histories.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Shelley treats scientific ambition as a moral problem focusing not just on the act of creation but on Frankenstein's refusal to take responsibility for his creation. Its take on power and neglect continue to be relevant today.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
As he walks around the East Anglian coast, the unnamed narrator muses on subjects from Rembrandt's paintings to silkworm farming in Imperial Germany, exploring Enlightenment thought and art to understand the catastrophe of the Holocaust.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Losing Ourselves by Jay L. Garfield
Garfield draws on Buddhist scholar Candrakirti and David Hume to argue that the self is a "pernicious and incoherent delusion." The notion of a "person" as a legal concept enables the practical aspects of life without a self.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Widow's Children by Paula Fox
Unflinching character studies focused mostly on matriarchal lines of inheritance and resentment, narcissism, dignity, migration, impacts of class, status, race, and ethnicity, and the lasting wounds of humiliation in intermingled personalities.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler
In the resurgence of Stoicism, there hasn't been a book mostly devoted to Seneca for a public audience. Fideler looks at anger, grief, adversity, and friendship to create a Stoic vision of the good life.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
All the Rage by Josh Cohen
Cohen outlines the difference between four kinds of rage: righteous, failed, cynical, and usable. Philosophical and psychoanalytic theories are mixed with personal anecdotes to help us understand how anger can lead us down questionable paths.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The World Viewed by Stanley Cavell
Approaching film as a philosophical medium, cinema stages our skeptical relation to reality, revealing how viewing involves acknowledgment and responsibility. Cavell reads classical Hollywood as a moral practice shaping self-understanding.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What World is This? by Judith Butler
Butler uses the pandemic as a lens to explore the "grievability" of people. When the health of the economy matters more than the health of humanity, we end up with "acceptable deaths". She establishes a collective call to action.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Willful Subjects by Sara Ahmed
A philosophical exploration of willfulness: how some bodies come to be judged as stubborn, difficult, or disobedient, and how these judgments are shaped by histories of authority, gender, race, and power. This is not an easy read, but stay with it.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!!

All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)

featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more!
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January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!!

All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)

featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more!
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January 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Announcing: On Philosophy, Fall 2025!!
All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except Oct. 27th at 3pm ET)
featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Quill Kukla, James Bridle, Louise Amoore, Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, Jennifer Park, Dan McQuillan, and so many more!
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September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Announcing: On Philosophy, Fall 2025!!
All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except Oct. 27th at 3pm ET)
featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Quill Kukla, James Bridle, Louise Amoore, Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, Jennifer Park, Dan McQuillan, and so many more!
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September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
TONIGHT: Thurs. May 29 - 6-8pm UK
Help us celebrate the launch of our new edition of "The Philosopher" with an excellent panel discussion!
#Philosophy

Details and tickets at the link, from £5.00 for students/unwaged to £18.00 including a copy of the new issue: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
May 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Two more sleeps to the Marx and Philosophy meetup in London!!

Join @schuringa.bsky.social @tatianallaguno.bsky.social Svenja Bromberg, Roberto Mozzachiodi, and @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social
Thurs, May 29th
#Philosophy

More details and tickets at the link: thephilosopher1923.org/events/marx-...
May 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just one more week! Join us in London, Thursday, 29th May, for a panel discussion of the greatest philosopher of all time (from a BBC poll), Karl Marx, and celebrate our issue "Marx and Philosophy"!
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Buy your tickets before they're gone: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
May 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Karl Marx was voted the greatest philosopher of all time in 2005! Join our "Marx and Philosophy" special issue launch event in person in London:

Thurs. 29th May
Doors: 5:30pm UK time
Event: 6pm - 8pm
Pub: 8pm onwards

RSVP here: www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/marx-...

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May 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In London? Come meet us in real life!!
Thursday, May 29, 6pm UK

Celebrate our print issue of
"Marx and Philosophy"

with Christoph Schuringa, Tatiana Llaguno, Svenja Bromberg, Roberto Mozzachiodi, and Andrés Saenz de Sicilia

Details and registration: www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/marx-...
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Announcing: On Philosophy, Spring 2025
All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (Mar 24 at 3pm ET)
featuring Benjamin Storey, Alexis Papazoglou, Sophia Rosenfeld, Paul North, Christoph Schuringa, Robert Gooding-Williams, James Haile III, and so many more!

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March 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're pleased to announce our upcoming series:
"AI and the Digital"
convened and hosted by Dr. Audrey Borowski
featuring @hannesbajohr.de, Nicholas Carr, Renee DiResta, @cameronbuckner.bsky.social, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Nicholas Halmi, and @shannonvallor.bsky.social.
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March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sign-ups are now open at the link for "Inclusive Philosophies: Five Masterclasses". Space is limited, so act fast! The first masterclass is Wed. Mar. 19: Trans-Inclusive Philosophy with Sophie Grace Chappell. www.thephilosopher1923.org/courses
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March 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
To mark the British Philosophical Association-led #PhilosophyMatters campaign running from March 17-31, our new managing editor Paul Giladi has put together five fantastic Zoom “masterclasses” on a range of inclusive philosophies. Tickets available March 17, details in poster and alt text.
#PhilSky
March 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Join us on Monday Feb. 10th at 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"The End of History and the Loss of Temporal Resonance"

Hartmut Rosa in discussion with Nicholas Halmi

#philosophy #PhilEvent #PhilSky #philhist

Register: www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/the-e...
February 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM