Bradley GearhartCan We Even Escape Identity Politics?Thymos and the 21st-CenturyAug 4, 202425Aug 4, 202425
Bradley GearhartReflections on Stefan Berger’s “History and Identity” and Francis FukuyamaInterpretations of Collective Identity and CohesionMay 23, 2024May 23, 2024
Bradley GearhartSwedish Art and Alternative Narratives of NationalismWhile following Eugen Weber’s argument for the nationalization of France in Peasants into Frenchmen, I was taken aback by the absence of…May 22, 20247May 22, 20247
Bradley GearhartTrump is a Prussian: Hatred, Politics, and “The Shortest History of Germany”James Hawes’ The Shortest History of Germany demonstrates a certain strand of essentialist political fixation that is not uncommon in…Jan 28, 20231Jan 28, 20231
Bradley GearhartThomas Jefferson as PhilosopherMorality, Slavery, Political PhilosophyFeb 24, 20211Feb 24, 20211
Bradley GearhartHeidegger's Basic Phenomenology of ThingsEquipment, Readiness-to-hand, Being-in-the-World, Concern, and DaseinMay 17, 20211May 17, 20211
Bradley GearhartJefferson and Emerson’s Urban Hatred and Agrarian IdealThe philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the thoughts of the Romantic Era are often and easily contrasted but it is certain that important…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
Bradley GearhartHume on Causality and ProbabilityAlthough Hume is an empiricist, he sees how our empirical understanding of the world is full of misrepresentations of reality. To use…May 11, 20224May 11, 20224
Bradley GearhartWhen Liberty Should be Taken Away, According to John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill believes that we do not have to define morality through abstract and obscure philosophies but that, for the most part…Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022
