Justin E.H. Smith
Justin E.H. Smith is a professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Paris. He is the author, most recently, of Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason (Princeton University Press, 2019).
Stories by this Author
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The ReviewThe Moral Contortions of the New University
Intellectual curiosity has been replaced by pro forma attention to representation. -
The Review
The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Postmodernism
No other idea from the humanities had so vast, if murky, an influence. -
The Review
How Social Media Imperils Scholarship
It plays on our vanity to reduce research to a popularity contest. -
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The Review
A Forgotten Field Could Save the Humanities
Their future is in their past, and philology is the key. -
The Chronicle Review
Capital Punishment in Crisis
Democracy and the death penalty are irreconcilable. -
The Chronicle Review
Why Satire Matters
Yes, Charlie Hebdo-type humor is sometimes base. So is humanity, and we need gloomy jesters to remind us of that. -
The Chronicle Review
The Great Extinction
There’s nothing unnatural about human beings’ wholesale destruction of fellow species. That’s the problem. -
The Chronicle Review
The Delights of Disgust
Revulsion can be a many-splendored thing. Recent books on it by philosophers are missing some of its nifty, nasty nuances. -
The Chronicle Review
Our Animals, Ourselves
Wild beasts have always mirrored both our primordial pride and our deepest fears.
