By Bernard E. Harcourt Seyla Benhabib writes, in the first sentence of her brilliant essay, that we are here “to read iconic texts critically”—and she asks what exactly it means to read texts critically. I wanted to spend a moment… Continue Reading
By Seyla Benhabib I. What is Critique? The purpose of this year’s Critique 13/13 Seminars is, simply put, to read iconic texts critically. This immediately raises questions such as “iconic” texts for whom? In which language? In which tradition etc.? We… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “Never is he more active than when he does nothing, never is he less alone than when he is by himself.” — Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 325 (quoting Cato) These enigmatic words of Cato form… Continue Reading