Michael Sandel: ‘The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit’
The philosopher believes the liberal left’s pursuit of meritocracy has betrayed the working classes. His new book argues for a politics centred on dignity
Oedipus vex: French philosopher disowns son over novel
Jean-Paul Enthoven forgave Raphaël for relationship with Carla Bruni but autobiographical novel too much
Alice Roberts: ‘Atheism is defining yourself by an absence. Humanism is a positive choice’
The broadcaster and scientist talks about her new guide to humanism, her opposition to classroom prayers and the government’s handling of Covid-19
Germany finds it hard to love Hegel 250 years after his birth
New books try to lighten up the intimidating reputation of Germany’s ‘most difficult’ philosopher
UK’s only trans philosophy professor to JK Rowling: Harry Potter helped me become a woman
Sophie-Grace Chappell says it’s only those on the right who are benefiting from the row over trans women
The uncomfortable truths about Roger Scruton’s conservatism
The late philosopher could wield an elegant argument, but his views were often ugly
Roger Scruton: a brilliant philosopher and self-conscious controversialist
His writings may have earned ‘the hatred of decent liberals everywhere’ as Scruton himself once said, but even his ideological opponents are his beneficiaries
Sir Roger Scruton obituary
Philosopher, writer and political thinker with controversial views on education, hunting and architecture
Mary Warnock remembered by Onora O’Neill
The philosopher’s former student on a practical thinker whose public work on the IVF bill is her great legacy
George Eliot translation of Spinoza sheds new light on her fiction
Novelist’s work on the philosopher’s landmark Ethics helped develop her astute grasp of human emotion
Myles Burnyeat obituary
Scholar whose detailed analysis of classical texts sustained his sense of wonder in philosophy
Why western liberals have long picked the wrong historical hero
A newly discovered text shows how the battles of the past are still being fought today
Before emojis: the utopian graphic language of Marie and Otto Neurath
‘Pictures unite’ was the motto of two Viennese refugees who dreamed of a world where communication would be streamlined with universal symbols
Bryan Magee obituary
Writer, philosopher and broadcaster who became an MP for Labour and the SDP
John Gardner obituary
Other lives: Professor of jurisprudence at Oxford University