Jonathan Rée

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Kojo Koram |Jonathan Rée |Martin Meredith |Daniel Susskind

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereCompetition is for losersIn the shadow economy, hidden wealth escapes the rulesIn an essay of 1946, George Orwell reminded readers that “to see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle”. In their complementary new books on the shadow global economy, the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and the sociologist Brooke Harrington assist us in this struggle.

Jan 16, 2025 | newhumanist.org.uk | Jonathan Rée

The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power and People (Princeton University Press) by Paul Seabright Not long ago, religion seemed to be in terminal decline. But, as Paul Seabright points out in his impressive new book, it is now going from strength to strength.

Jan 15, 2025 | the-tls.co.uk | Jonathan Rée

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Oct 2, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Jonathan Rée |Jacques Derrida |E.S. Burt |Peggy Kamuf

Immanuel Kant​ was against revolutions. In 1793 he described them as the work of ‘political criminals’ and ‘injustice in the highest degree’. He accepted, on the other hand, that they sometimes turned out well: the Dutch had been lucky with theirs in 1579, for example, and so had the British in 1688.

Sep 4, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Jonathan Rée

This week, a chapter from a new LRB audiobook, Becoming a Philosopher: Spinoza to Sartre by Jonathan Rée. This collection of ten biographical pieces, read by Rée, describes the lives of some of most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years and the radical and sometimes bizarre ideas that emerged from them. The audiobook also includes an introductory conversation between Rée and Thomas Jones, host of the LRB Podcast.