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Intellectual History
Interviews with intellectual historians about their new books.
November 12, 2026
R. Edward Freeman’s Selected Works on Stakeholder Theory and Business Ethics
Ed Freeman’s influential ideas on stakeholder theory, business ethics, humanities, and capitalism became foundational in the management field and turn…
November 12, 2026
Reframing Dynamism
In Reframing Dynamism: Indic Philosophies of Being, Time and Freedom (Bloomsbury, 2026), the first book to explore the philosophy of dynamism from cla…
November 11, 2026
Data by Design
From maps of colonial empires to charts of national trade, data visualization has long been used to consolidate knowledge and power. But just as often…
November 9, 2026
The Concept of Tolerance in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Is tolerance an achievement of secular modernity that religion has always resisted? The Concept of Tolerance in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (De Gr…
November 8, 2026
The Tablet Computer
Tablet computers appear commonplace today, yet for decades they represented an ambitious—and often unrealized—vision of personal computing. The Tablet…
November 8, 2026
The Capitalist Era
Jeremy Adelman’s The Capitalist Era: The Making—and Unmaking—of the Global Mind (Princeton University Press, 2026) puts the world’s current unwinding…
November 7, 2026
Marx and the Politics of Need
When one hears about needs in the context of politics, one might imagine that they are dealing with facts that simply cannot be circumvented. Moving f…
November 6, 2026
The Cantigas de Santa Maria
Amongst the many achievements of the Castilian court of King Alfonso X (1221-184) is the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a collection of 429 songs preserved …
November 5, 2026
Freedom Round the Globe
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE In a groundbreaking global exploration of the ideas that drove the American Revolution, a prize-winning…
November 4, 2026
Holocaust Distortion in Poland
Holocaust distortion in Poland involves reshaping or minimizing facts about the Holocaust, often emphasizing Polish victimhood while obscuring instanc…
November 2, 2026
Man-Devil
In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy …
November 1, 2026
Mediating God
Mediating God: Muhammad Ghazali and the Politics of Divine Presence in 20th century Egypt (Oxford UP, 2025) is a fascinating and compelling intellectu…
October 31, 2026
The Quest for Re-enchantment
What is magic, and why does it keep returning in new disguises? For a special Halloween episode, host Ryan Shinkel is joined by essayist and novelist …
October 30, 2026
Research
Today I’m speaking with Peter N. Miller, historian and president of the American Academy in Rome, about his new book, Research: A Manifesto (Princeton…
October 28, 2026
Plato the Lawgiver
What keeps political power aimed at the good of those it governs? Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton, joins host Ryan Shin…
October 27, 2026
Rehearsing the Future
In Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs (AK Press, 2026), Michael Doan explores the work and legacy of James a…
October 26, 2026
Carceral Utopia
What underpins the legitimacy of the prison system in the twenty-first century? Despite numerous challenges and setbacks, there is still a widespread …
October 25, 2026
A Protestant Air
A Protestant Air: Gide, Sartre, Barthes, and the Religion of Literary Modernity (Cornell UP, 2026) focuses on the Protestant connection linking three …
October 24, 2026
Revolutionary Ink
In Revolutionary Ink: New York Printers and the Promise of Democracy, 1693-1804 (Cambridge UP, 2026), my guest Mark J. Noonan explores the careers of …
October 22, 2026
In Praise of Agnes Heller (1929-2019)
Agnes Heller loved being part of the Budapest School--and she hated being part of any school. In his 2019 In Memoriam piece, John explored her ambival…