Erotic Love in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature, by Finn Bowring Jane O’Grady is frustrated by a minutely calibrated study of centuries of reflections on eroticism By Jane O’Grady 17 May
The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay, by Stephen Gaukroger Jane O’Grady grapples with an ambitious attempt to rethink the development of philosophy from the ancient Greeks until today By Jane O’Grady 4 February
On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives, by Andrew H. Miller Jane O’Grady is enthralled by a meticulous meditation on possible worlds and paths not taken By Jane O’Grady 1 October
Vexed: Ethics beyond Political Tribes, by James Mumford Jane O’Grady wishes this study of ideological inconsistencies had gone a bit deeper By Jane O’Grady 2 July
Novel Relations: Victorian Fiction and British Psychoanalysis, by Alicia Mireles Christoff Jane O’Grady is intrigued by an analysis of the psychological depths plumbed by the fiction of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy By Jane O’Grady 5 March
Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, by Philip Goff Book of the week: Jane O’Grady is impressed but not wholly convinced by an attempt to solve one of the most celebrated philosophical challenges By Jane O’Grady 9 January
The Intellectual Origins of Modernity, by David Ohana Book of the week: Jane O’Grady assesses a bold analysis of how ‘modernity’ failed to live up to the ideals of the Enlightenment By Jane O’Grady 22 August
Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America, by Thomas Milan Konda Today’s conspiracists see all social phenomena as resulting from dark intrigues – but why, Jane O’Grady wants to know By Jane O’Grady 9 May
On the Spirit of Rights, by Dan Edelstein Human rights are rooted in the ancient concept of a universal natural law, observes Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 7 March
Art and Authority: Moral Rights and Meaning in Contemporary Visual Art, by K. E. Gover This discussion of in what sense an artist owns their artwork is at its most interesting when discussing the paradoxes of ‘appropriation art’, says Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 13 September
Sex and Secularism, by Joan Wallach Scott An attack on the foundation of modern Western society has an absolutist ring to Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 4 January
The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World, by Michael Ignatieff This study of how ordinary people view human rights is depressingly honest, says Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 28 September
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus, by Laura Kipnis A polemic against the new McCarthyism in US universities catches Jane O’Grady’s attention By Jane O’Grady 22 June
What Love Is and What It Could Be, by Carrie Jenkins Polyamory could shed light on whether love is mainly biological or social, says Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 9 February
Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, by Peter Singer A controversial philosopher turns his mind to subjects ranging from happiness and euthanasia to vegetarianism, incest and doping, says Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 20 October
Thought in Action: Expertise and the Conscious Mind, by Barbara Gail Montero Explaining how skilled individuals deliver a peak performance is a thorny task, Jane O’Grady says By Jane O’Grady 18 August
The Natural and the Human: Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1739-1841, by Stephen Gaukroger Jane O’Grady on the development of empirical investigation in attempts to understand human behaviour By Jane O’Grady 5 May
The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity, by Charles Taylor Jane O’Grady on a reminder that the development of communication was a collaboration By Jane O’Grady 14 April
The Trolley Problem Mysteries, by F. M. Kamm Book of the week: Jane O’Grady on a thought experiment that is an endless platform for exploring ethical principles By Jane O’Grady 4 February
The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopaedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust, by Tiffany Watt Smith Interpretation of what we are feeling should never be reduced to mere physiology, says Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 12 November
Critical Reflections on Ownership, by Mary Warnock A study of private property reminds us to reflect on the things we don’t control, finds Jane O’Grady By Jane O’Grady 6 August
On Romantic Love: Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion, by Berit Brogaard A philosophical investigation of romance leaves Jane O’Grady feeling frustrated and unsatisfied By Jane O’Grady 4 June
