Politics
The Personal Is Not the Political
More than two decades after her death in 1975, Hannah Arendt has emerged as the political theorist of the post-totalitarian moment.
The New Politics of Consumption
Somebody needs to be for quality of life, not just quantity of stuff.
Review: Books on Euthanasia
Two new collections of essays contribute to the public debate—with varied results.
Banishing the Specter of War
How early warning and early action can prevent the escalation of disputes into armed violence.
Is Equality Passé?
The welfare state is in trouble not because selfishness is rampant (it is not), but because many egalitarian programs no longer evoke deeply held notions of fairness.
Development—but at What Cost?
An exchange on Jay Mandle's "The Problem with Thinking Locally" (BR, Summer 1998).
The Immigrant as Pariah
Laws imposing social disabilities on immigrants are at odds with constitutional guarantees of equality.
Sex Equality vs. Religion: What Should the Law Do?
A response to Susan Okin, “Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?”
The Problem with Thinking Locally
Markets need to be reshaped to protect the environment, and such reshaping will require political struggle.
Inventing Irving Howe
He yearns to be a socialist leader, a man of action, but what he loves is the Talmudic solitude of the written word.
Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
Our primary allegiance should be to the community of human beings across the entire world.
Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
The life of the cosmopolitan, who puts right before country, and universal reason before the symbols of national belonging, need not be boring, flat, or lacking in love.
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