Joshua Cohen

Joshua Cohen is co-editor of Boston Review, member of the faculty of Apple University, and Distinguished Senior Fellow in law, philosophy, and political science at University of California, Berkeley.

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Boston Review Provides a Public Good

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Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

From the Editors: The Politics of Pleasure

What if “post-growth living” could be an opportunity for greater pleasure, not less?

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

From the Editors: Rethinking Law

In a deeply unequal society, the law can certainly impede progress, but it also remains an essential resource in building a more just world.

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

From the Editors: Redesigning AI

Our new book offers a deeper understanding of the current challenges of AI and a rich, constructive, morally urgent vision for redirecting its course.

Joshua Cohen, Deborah Chasman

Realizing a Green Future

A transcript of our panel discussion on the Green New Deal and our new book Climate Action.

Joshua Cohen, Edward J. Markey, David G. Victor, Alyssa Battistoni, Thea Riofrancos, Robert C. Hockett

Democracy Hangs in the Balance

Part two of a conversation on voter turnout, vote counting, and what we can expect now.

Reed Hundt, Joshua Cohen

Democracy Is on the Ballot

Donald Trump's winning strategy.

Reed Hundt, Joshua Cohen

From the Editors: The Politics of Care

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

From the Editors: The Right to Be Elected

What does gender equity in a democracy look like?

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Deaths of Despair

Boston Review talks with Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton about COVID-19, the relationship between culture, financial hardship, and health, and why capitalism’s flaws are proving fatal for America’s working class.

Joshua Cohen, Angus Deaton

From the Editors: On Anger

Our new issue explores anger in its many forms—public and private, personal and political—raising an issue that we must grapple with: Does the vast well of public anger compromise us all?

Joshua Cohen, Deborah Chasman

The Conservative Black Nationalism of Clarence Thomas

Joshua Cohen and Corey Robin discuss the black nationalism at the heart of Thomas’s conservative jurisprudence—and what it means for those on the left who often dismiss the justice’s use of race.

Joshua Cohen, Corey Robin

Forums

After Trump

A pluralistic democracy is built on debate, disagreement, and wakeful action. This forum begins the conversation.

Joshua Cohen

Forum Responses

Response: A Beautiful Public Good

Sabeel Rahman’s democratic conception of public goods is founded on the idea of a public responsibility for ensuring the essentials of a democratic society. Public goods are among those essentials. They answer...

Joshua Cohen

Response: Security After the Cold War: Emerging Perspectives

Joshua Cohen: We will be talking this afternoon about the prospects for cooperative security that have emerged with the end of the Cold War. The topic divides naturally into two parts. First,...

Joshua Cohen

Reading Lists

Rawls at 100

Happy birthday, John Rawls! We celebrate the political philosopher’s centenary, as well as the 50th anniversary of the publication of “A Theory of Justice.”

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Joshua Cohen

Articles

Boston Review Provides a Public Good

From the Editors: The Politics of Pleasure

From the Editors: Rethinking Law

From the Editors: Redesigning AI

Realizing a Green Future

Democracy Hangs in the Balance

Democracy Is on the Ballot

From the Editors: The Politics of Care

From the Editors: The Right to Be Elected

Deaths of Despair

From the Editors: On Anger

The Conservative Black Nationalism of Clarence Thomas

Forums

After Trump

Forum Responses

Response: A Beautiful Public Good

Response: Security After the Cold War: Emerging Perspectives

Reading Lists

Rawls at 100

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