Tag: philosophy

Albert Camus on Strength of Character and How to Save Our Sanity in Difficult Times

By Maria Popova In 1957, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) became the second youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to him for work that “with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (It was with this earnestness that, days after receiving the coveted accolade, he sent his… Read More Albert Camus on Strength of Character and How to Save Our Sanity in Difficult Times

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Evil: The Crime against Humanity. Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism The “total domination of man” was radically evil, in Arendt’s eyes, not only because it was unprecedented but because it did not make sense. She asked: Why should lust for power, which from the beginning of recorded history has been considered the political and social sin par excellence, suddenly transcend… Read More Evil: The Crime against Humanity. Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism

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By the light of brahman

Anand Vaidya and Manjula Menon Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality A note from Manjula Menon: My husband Anand Vaidya died on 11 October 2024, from complications due to cancer. He was only 48, yet had already carefully forged multiple trails through the contemporary philosophical landscape.… Read More By the light of brahman

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ગાંધીજીનું સમુદ્રી વર્તુળ

પ્રોફેસર  દિલીપ સિમ્યન (ગયા વર્ષે ૨ ઑક્ટોબરે મહાત્મા ગાંધીના ૧૫૫મા જન્મદિન નિમિત્તે લેખકે દિલ્હીમાં ગાંધી શાંતિ પ્રતિષ્ઠાનમાં વ્યાખ્યાન આપ્યું હતું. મૂળ અંગેજીમાં આપેલા આ વ્યાખ્યાનના હિન્દીમાં થયેલા અનુવાદ પરથી અહીં ગુજરાતીમાં તરજુમો પ્રસ્તુત છે). અનુવાદક: દીપક ધોળકિયા ******* લેખકનો પરિચયઃ શ્રમિક સંબંધી બાબતોના  ઇતિહાસકાર, દિલ્હી યુનિવર્સિટીની રામજસ કૉલેજમાં અધ્યાપન કાર્ય કરતાં એક માળીનો પગાર રોકવાના  સત્તાવાળાઓના નિર્ણય વિરુદ્ધ… Read More ગાંધીજીનું સમુદ્રી વર્તુળ

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The Price of Monotheism

Nothing has so radically transformed the world as the distinction between true and false religion NB: This is one of the most thought-provoking studies in the history and philosophy of religion that – in my limited reading – I have come across. The author Jan Assman (1938-2024) was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion… Read More The Price of Monotheism

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The Fullness of Philosophy

Hegel’s devouring machine Sven-Olov Wallenstein The popular image of Hegel’s philosophical project bequeathed to posterity is almost that of a monstrosity: an all-devouring machine that aspires to achieve total satiety, digesting everything that it encounters by making it into the nutrition of the dialectical animal. Pleroma, fullness, as philosopher Werner Hamacher once suggested, seems to be… Read More The Fullness of Philosophy

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In the Shadow of Catastrophe: An Interview

Apocalyptic thought in the aftermath of the world wars George Prochnik and Anson Rabinbach In what way does writing about catastrophe, either predictively or retrospectively, risk kindling a new blaze? Conversely, is it possible to identify aspects of such texts that work against the drive to catastrophe? Conventional wisdom suggests that temporal distance from historical… Read More In the Shadow of Catastrophe: An Interview

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