The Reading Room

The Open Society and Its Enemies, a Reading Room essay

On The Open Society and Its Enemies

Michael Fowler

Karl Popper called The Open Society and Its Enemies his war work.

On The Open Society and Its Enemies

Michael Fowler

Karl Popper called The Open Society and Its Enemies his war work.

The Origins of Totalitarianism, a Reading Room essay

On The Origins of Totalitarianism

Michael Fowler

Hannah Arendt escaped the catastrophe and then spent her life explaining it.

On The Origins of Totalitarianism

Michael Fowler

Hannah Arendt escaped the catastrophe and then spent her life explaining it.

The Human Condition, a Reading Room essay

On The Human Condition

Michael Fowler

If The Origins of Totalitarianism shows what is destroyed when freedom fails, The Human Condition shows what is lost.

On The Human Condition

Michael Fowler

If The Origins of Totalitarianism shows what is destroyed when freedom fails, The Human Condition shows what is lost.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, a Reading Room essay

On Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Michael Fowler

This is the book that made abolition undeniable, because no one could read it and still pretend.

On Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Michael Fowler

This is the book that made abolition undeniable, because no one could read it and still pretend.

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, a Reading Room essay

On What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Michael Fowler

It may be the greatest American speech, and it is an indictment.

On What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Michael Fowler

It may be the greatest American speech, and it is an indictment.

Uncle Tom's Cabin, a Reading Room essay

On Uncle Tom's Cabin

Michael Fowler

This is the novel that moved a nation toward war by making readers feel, in their own parlors, the cruelty they had managed not to see.

On Uncle Tom's Cabin

Michael Fowler

This is the novel that moved a nation toward war by making readers feel, in their own parlors, the cruelty they had managed not to see.