Jonathan
Egid
Writing
I write about the intersections of philosophy, history, art and politics, including currently a book about the 17th century Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacob, and the question of whether or not he existed. My essays and reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, New Humanist, Radical Philosophy, the Oxonian Review and more.
See below for a list of selected published work and forthcoming projects.
Essays and Reviews
Philosophy
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Impossible Freedom – Essay on Freedom: An Impossible Reality by Raymond Tallis
New Humanist, Spring 2022
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Inward Empire – Review Essay of Inwardness by Jonardon Ganeri
Times Literary Supplement, February 2022
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Abstract Egalitarianism – Review Essay of In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy by Katrina Forrester
Radical Philosophy, Winter 2021
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Total Liberation – Review Essay of Worldmaking After Empire by Adom Getatchew
New Humanist, Spring 2021
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A Deadly Debate – Review Essay of The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle by David Edmonds
Times Literary Supplement, May 2021
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Work-Life Balance – Review Essay of John Stuart Mill and the Meaning of Life by Elijah Milgram
Times Literary Supplement, March 2021
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The Study of All Things – Review Essay of Doing Philosophy by Timothy Williamson
New Humanist, Winter 2020
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Maths Rules – Review Essay of Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Human Reason by Justin E. H. Smith
Times Literary Supplement, June 2020
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Review of Kant, God and Metaphysics: The Secret Thorn by Edward Kanterian
Philosophy, Volume 95 - Issue 2 - March 2020
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The 'Real' World – Review Essay of Being Human by Rowan Williams
New Humanist, Spring 2020
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Making A Mingle Mangle – Review Essay of Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Rée
Times Literary Supplement, August 2019
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Classical Philosophy Meets Arabic Language – Dialogue with Prof. Peter Adamson on Arabic Philosophy
Asymptote, March 2019
Translated into Arabic for the Nama'a Center for Research and Studies, April 2019
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Points of View – Review of Tetralogue by Timothy Williamson
Oxonian Review, May 2018
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Nationalism and Philosophy – Interview with Prof. Edward Kanterian
42 Magazine, Issue 2
Translated into French and German, March 2018
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Retrospective on 20th Anniversary of Points of View by A.W Moore
Cherwell, May 2017
History
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Pesudoscience as Policy – Review Essay of Hybrid Hate by Tudor Parfitt
Times Literary Supplement, April 2022
Literature
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'World is worse off after losing Oz’s sober clarity' - Review of Dear Zealots by Amos Oz
Jewish Telegraph, August 2019
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Around the World With Asymptote: Weekly Dispatches from the Front Lines of World Literature - Dispatch on London Literary Scene
Asymptote Blog, January 2019
Asymptote Blog, February 2019
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Around the World With Asymptote: Weekly Dispatches from the Front Lines of World Literature - Dispatch on London Literary Scene
Asymptote Blog, January 2019
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That Joke Isn't Funny Any More – Review of A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman
Oxonian Review, November 2017
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The Faith of the Traitor - Review of Judas by Amos Oz
Cherwell, June 2017
Music
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Punken – Review of Punken by Maxo Kream
Oxonian Review, March 2018
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Crete’s Mountain Musician of Mystery - Essay on Cretan lyrist Psarantonis
Cherwell, October 2017
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Taking up Tupac’s “thug poet” Mantle - Review of You Only Live 2wice by Freddie Gibbs
Cherwell, May 2017
Art & Film
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Impressionists Tate review – ‘impressive and surprising’ - Review of Impressionists in London at the Tate Britain
Cherwell, January 2018
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Faces, Forgotten and Faded, Review of Forgotten Faces exhibition in Christ Church Picture Gallery,
Cherwell, March 2017
Book Chapters
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The Philosophy of History, An Introduction to Philosophy: A Handbook for African Students (ed. C.E. Ukhun, J.A. Aigbodioh, J.O. Ehiakhamen, M.A. Izibili, E. Imafidon), forthcoming
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Phenomenology, Existentialism and Hermeneutics, An Introduction to Philosophy: A Handbook for African Students (ed. C.E. Ukhun, J.A. Aigbodioh, J.O. Ehiakhamen, M.A. Izibili, E. Imafidon), forthcoming
Unpublished Work and Talks
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Realism, Relativism and the Anxiety of Alternatives. Thesis submitted for BPhil (Masters) in Philosophy. Supervisor - Prof. Adrian Moore
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Talk given at the Ockham Society, University of Oxford , 7th March, 2018
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'The Ambitions of Universal History: Two Uses of Teleology in the Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose’, Accepted for Kant and the Contemporary World: Philosophy, Science, Politics conference in Catania, Sicily, October 2018
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‘Wittgenstein on the Normativity of Rules: Quietism, Constitution and the ‘Straight Solution’’ Accepted for The Future of Normativity conference in Canterbury, United Kingdom, May 2018
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‘Kant, Königsberg and the Limits of Knowledge’, Presentation at the UCL postgraduate conference on the theme of ‘Home’, 2017
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'Time is Nothing but the Form of Inner Sense': Kant's response to Lambert in the Critique of Pure Reason. Dissertation submitted for BA in Philosophy. Supevisor - Dr Edward Kanterian