The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
If Corporations Are Persons, What Does That Make Us?
Daniel Liechty | February 24, 2011
I found myself eavesdropping yesterday on a heated discussion at the student center here on campus about the January 2010 Supreme Court decision, …
The Denial Smile
Kirby Farrell | February 15, 2011
The first media photos of Jared Loughner after his rampage in Tucson showed a sunny, poignantly ordinary teenager. But as shock sank in, a new …
Defending (somewhat) Decartes’ Error
Daniel Liechty | January 26, 2011
Seeking to doubt all that could be doubted, Rene Descartes (d. 1650) finally decided that while he could even doubt the existence of his own …
Fresh from Arizona: Denial of Life
Henry Richards | January 7, 2011
To paraphrase Mark Twain “Reports of the failure of my transplant have been highly exaggerated” On the December 18th NYT article “Transplants Cut, Arizona is …
Great Gatsby! Green Lantern!
Henry Richards | January 7, 2011
In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!” Oath …
Blessed Mortality? Maybe…
Daniel Liechty | January 7, 2011
Like all species, human beings are driven by the urge to continue living. We usually call it …
Stephen James’ American Stew
Daniel Liechty | March 20, 2010
Dan Liechty reviews this Beckerian critique of American Culture.
Jeff Zinn’s The Existential Actor
Camila and Jeff Greenberg | October 1, 2009
Actor and theater director Jeff Zinn’s The Existential Actor is a stimulating and informative read. It is very fluid, the pages fly by, and in …
Kirk Schneider’s The Polarized Mind
Daniel Liechty | October 1, 2009
Of recent interest is the new book by Kirk J. Schneider, The Polarized Mind: Why It’s Killing Us and What We Can Do About It …
Razinsky’s Freud, Psychoanalysis, and Death
Jerry Piven, PhD | October 1, 2009
Freud, Psychoanalysis, and Death is in many ways a brilliant, provocative, perspicacious venture. Liran Razinsky endeavors to explore: 1) Freud’s complex and contradictory thoughts on …
John Rector’s The Objectification Spectrum
Daniel Liechty | October 1, 2009
Of recent interest is the new book by John M. Rector, The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumanization of Others (Oxford University …
Varki and Brower’s Denial
Chad Garcia | October 1, 2009
Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind, by Ajit Varki and the late Danny Brower, is an important book about the …
Immortalism: Overcoming Biological Limitations
By Jason Silva | September 4, 2009
The philosophy that accepts death must itself be considered dead, its questions meaningless, its consolations worn out.” – Alan Harrington, The Immortalist “If we lacked …