How a brilliant Jewish philosopher anticipated the cult of Donald Trump
Walter Benjamin's 1936 essay on art in the age of mechanical reproduction looks particularly prescient today
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The philosopher examined the frailty of truth in an age of when politicians lie as naturally as they breathe
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Culture This Jewish philosopher should win the Nobel Prize in Literature
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As Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt would remind us, choosing the lesser of two evils still means choosing evil
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Culture Can a Jewish philosopher held prisoner of war by the Nazis help explain the power of Trump’s mug shot?
Emmanuel Levinas' ideas about the mystical meaning of faces lend new depth to the mug shot seen around the world
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Culture Comparing his indictment to Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is right for extremely wrong reasons
The indicted former president's glib accusations unwittingly invoke the specter of the philosopher Carl Schmitt
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