When George Floyd was killed, I started teaching Derrida’s Specters of Marx. This may seem like a strange choice, but the text allowed us to raise three questions about justice—especially …
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When the new coronavirus hit, I started teaching Plato’s Phaedo. The dialogue—which narrates the final day of Socrates’ life, including his death by hemlock—allowed us to raise two questions. First, …
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