The Emperor Has No Philosophy
Truman Chen

07 February 2017

In a recent article from the New Statesman, prompted by the death of philosopherDerek Parfit, journalist David Herman wonders what happened to the public intellectual. Where has philosophy disappeared to? In America, there has been much demand for a better, more competent press. So much so, that publications such as the New York Times claim they have the "truth" -- so you ought to subscribe! A good (and free) press is surely necessary, but is it really sufficient in this day and age?

在我们专注于更好的新闻报道时，我们是否忘记了公共知识分子的领导作用?Recently, George Orwell's 1984 and Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism have becomebestsellers again, which is by all means great. But why don't we have our own contemporary intellectuals with their own books responding to our specific historical situation? Where is our Orwell? Our Arendt?

Read the article here:http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/01/whatever-happened-public-intellectual

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