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What is Liberalism?
A Conversation with Professor Cass Sunstein about his new book On Liberalism in Defense of freedom 1 Biographical question 1) Professor Sunstein, I would like to congratulate you on the writing of your excellent new book with fundamental insights into the liberal tradition. While reading it, particularly chapter 8
Why Is Russian Literature Great?
From the nineteenth century to the present day, the tradition of Russian literature, above all in narrative, has produced a body of classics cherished throughout the world. Even those who have never read a single line of Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, or Anton Chekhov nonetheless carry a familiar image: the
Why Literary Criticism Needs Philosophy
When we speak of “literary criticism” today, two approaches usually come to mind. Each is embodied in a distinct type. The first is the “sensitive” critic, who writes primarily about his or her own emotional responses to literary works. In this view, criticism is not a rigorously intellectual activity, comparable