Carlin Romano
Critic at Large (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Carlin Romano, former critic at large for The Chronicle, is a professor of philosophy and humanities at Ursinus College and author of America the Philosophical (Knopf, 2012).
Stories by this Author
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The Chronicle Review
Ancient Chinese Wisdom on Modern Western Dilemmas
A popular Harvard philosophy course makes its way from the stage to the page. -
The Review
The Irrepressible Lightness of Umberto Eco
His scholarship was as impressive as his fiction, and he pursued both with a good-natured humility. -
The Chronicle Review
How Literary Fame Happens
Why are you reading Keats but not Barry Cornwall, Austen but not Mary Brunton? -
The Chronicle Review
Whatever Happened to Surrender?
It seems a forgotten art in an era of endless wars. -
The Chronicle Review
The Toxic History of Philosophy’s Racism
Eurocentric accounts of the discipline have shortchanged Asian and African achievements. Peter K.J. Park is helping to change that. -
The Chronicle Review
Revanchism and Its Costs
In Ukraine, Iraq, and many other places around the globe, political philosophy’s neglected stepchild is again raising havoc. -
The Chronicle Review
Paul de Man, Deconstructed
Evelyn Barish’s new biography raises questions about how a scholar’s ethics should affect our reading of his work. -
The Chronicle Review
Whither Paper?
Recent books highlight the counternarrative of the hard copy’s “durable glories.” -
The Chronicle Review
Dao Rising: Chinese Philosophy Lifts Off in America
Students have long gravitated toward it, and now the Western philosophy establishment is starting to also.