Outside of the obvious, 9/11 is also the day when I lost my friend and mentor, Marshall Berman (1940-2013). Maybe another time I’ll share some more personal thoughts about Marshall, but for now, I thought I’d share a book chapter that I wrote about his work. It’s in Jennifer Corby’s excellent volume, Adventures in Modernism: Thinking with Marshall Berman, and in many ways, it’s the piece of writing of which I’m most fond. And I’m fond of it because I know that my writing style isn’t like Marshall’s style, but this piece is probably as close as I’ve ever come. His spirit was not only in the content but the style foo, and I think he’d really have loved that.
Read MoreIn these times of quarantine boredom, I thought I’d share a sample chapter from my recent book, The Dialectical Self: Kierkegaard, Marx, and the Making of the Modern Subject (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019). Penn Press is currently having a 40% off Spring sale with promo code SPRING20-FM.
Read MoreI was recently interviewed on the New Books Network about my recent book, The Dialectical Self: Kierkegaard, Marx, and the Making of the Modern Subject. If you’re interesting in Kierkegaard and Marx (and Hegel), or about how personal and political freedom are deeply intertwined, (or if you're just looking to pass some time), give it a listen!!!
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