A review of The Rosetta Stone: And the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt by John Ray. A review of The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture by Harriet I. Flower. Dieing as they lived: A review of Death in Ancient Rome by Catherine Edwards. A review of The Monk and the Book: Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship by Megan Hale Williams. A review of Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power by Ross King. As often sunk as sinking in: A review of On the Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke (and more). A review of Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism by Rick Kuhn.
From Telos, the Permanent State of Exception and the Dismantling of the Law: A review of Global War on Liberty by Jean-Claude Paye (and part 2 and part 3). A review of Consent in Law by Deryck Beyleveld and Roger Brownsword. How the ballot box left the brain behind: A review of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan. A review of Black Mass: Apocalyptic religion and the death of utopia by John Gray.
Here's a video of Jurgen Habermas on The Kantian Project of Cosmopolitan Law. Paul Weithman reviews Justice and the Social Contract: Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy by Samuel Freeman. Thinking Cheerfully: Putting an untroubled face on some extreme-seeming ideas was perhaps Richard Rorty’s defining philosophical coup. An interview with Ophelia Benson, co-author of Why Truth Matters.
From Spiked, when education becomes about turning young people into obedient, healthy-eating, environmentally aware conformist-citizens, then it is not really education at all: A review of The Corruption of the Curriculum. A Digital Education: The Internet puts you a few clicks away from the best college lectures in America. Can the US really be that stupid? Americans aren’t as ignorant as portrayed in the host of polls showing many of them failing tests of general knowledge and history. The first chapter form The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square by Joseph P. Viteritti. A review of Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School by Joy Horowitz.
