Fictional French Philosophers, and More

Honor is an elusive concept, and the prevalence of dueling in history has been underreported ... more »

Derrida, Lacan, Barthes, Foucault, Kristeva, Deleuze: Why do novelists love to fictionalize French philosophers? ... more »

Since Beethoven, composers of classical music have had to fill three roles: the genius, the technocrat, and the entrepreneur... m…