Reviews

The Western as Philosophy

Revisiting the Western convinces Thomas Wartenberg that historical progress is not just a simple question of good heroically triumphing over evil.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007]

Shakespeare in Hollywood

Francis Akpata argues that Shakespeare would be a film director not a playwright in today’s high-media world.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007]

Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership by Martha Nussbaum

Jean Chambers witnesses Martha Nussbaum raise a high bar for standards of international social justice.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007]

The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

Ernest Dempsey gives a feminist analysis of Virginia Woolf’s first novel.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007]

Mind by Eric Matthews

Grant Bartley finds a lot to think about in Eric Matthews’ ‘brainy’ pondering of mind.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

Leon

Is Leon a good guy? Mike Parker analyses the character of the eponymous anti-hero through the moral philosophy of Schopenhauer.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

Michael Oakeshott On Religion, Aesthetics, And Politics by Elizabeth Campbell Corey

Robert Cheeks finds Elizabeth Campbell Corey’s analysis of Oakeshott’s philosophy to be all present and correct.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

I am Not a Man I am Dynamite: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition

Brian Morris deplores John Moore and friends’ views on Nietzsche and anarchism.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

9/11 and World Trade Center

Thomas Wartenberg sees two films about 9-11 and muses that sometimes more than courage is called for.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

Hitchcock as Philosopher by Robert J Yanal

Mark Huston looks at Robert Yanal looking at Hitchcock directing philosophy.
[Issue 57: September/October 2006]

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