Carlos Fraenkel

Carlos Fraenkel is James McGill Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at McGill University. His most recent book is Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World.

Can We Deduce Our Way to Salvation?

A new book suggests that modern readers can still follow the path of reason that Spinoza traced to true well-being, but they might not want to.

  • Carlos Fraenkel

Is Germany’s New Anti-Semitism Really New?

The focus on Muslim anti-Semitism obscures the real quandary of multiculturalism in Angela Merkel’s Germany.

  • Carlos Fraenkel

Carlos Fraenkel responds to Danielle Allen

Philosophy should have a foundational role in the curriculum.

  • Carlos Fraenkel

Citizen Philosophers

Teaching philosophy in Brazil is a political project.

  • Carlos Fraenkel
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