Jonny Thakkar

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. What Is Philosophy For? -- 2. Why Philosophers Should Rule -- 3. The Beautiful City -- 4. Plato and Athens -- 5. Historical Possibility -- 6. Philosopher-Citizens -- 7. Moneymaking and Malfunction -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Plato As Critical Theorist

Ursula Lindsey

Gal Katz

Andrew Kay

Jesse McCarthy

Frank Guan

Nora Caplan-Bricker

Phillipa Snow

Rachel Wiseman

Jonathan Baskin

Anastasia Berg

Ollie Cussen

Robert Kehoe III

Ben Jeffrey

John Thomason

Anton Barba-Kay

This issue of The Point features the symposium question "What are intellectuals for?", essays on feminist utopias, consent after the #MeToo movement, wrestling in Paris, Lindsay Lohan as David Lynch Girl, and more. e

What Are Intellectuals For?

Issue 16

Agnes Callard

Angie Cruz

Samuel Scheffler

Wesley Hill

Robert Bird

Timothy Aubry

James Duesterberg

Apoorva Tadepalli

Nargol Aran

Jonah Galeota-Sprung

Charlie Tyson

Becca Rothfeld

Issue 20

Jon Baskin

Etay Zwick

The Point is a twice-yearly journal of essays on contemporary life and culture, based in Chicago. A mix of criticism, memoir, and reviews, The Point goes beyond intellectual tourism by challenging its readers to recognize the impact of ideas on their everyday life. Early issues have considered whether it is possible to live an honorable social life on Facebook, what Thorstein Veblen would say about Goldman Sachs, how Stendhal might help us with dating, and why today’s conservatives ought to read Marx. Each issue also contains a symposium consisting of several shorter pieces relating to a topic chosen by the editors—for instance, film, conservatism, or contemporary music. The symposium for issue 9 asks: What is Privacy for? An essay by Leslie Jamison ("The Empathy Exams") on female woundedness and the biographies of Sylvia Plath, and by Thomas Chatterton Williams on Duchamp, modernism, and growing up. Jon Baskin will discuss going out on weekends as a philosophical problem. In the review section, Emilie Shumway will chronicle her visit to House on the Rock, a bizarre tourist attraction in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

The Point, Issue 9

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