Guy Elgat teaches philosophy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and specializes in the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. His book, "Nietzsche's Psychology of Ressentiment: Revenge and Justice in On the Genealogy of Morals", was published with Routledge in 2017.
by Guy Elgat A couple of weeks ago, on the pages of this website, some critical comments on Richard Rorty’s general argumentative style were made, and, sympathetic to these comments, this inspired me to join the discussion with some criticism of Rorty of my own and, while I am at it, throw in some criticism…
by Guy Elgat Undoubtedly many insights and lessons can be drawn and will be drawn for a long time to come from the current worldwide covid19 epidemic; insights, for example, about the responsibility of politicians in the managing of health crises, about the importance of human cooperation both locally and internationally, about the vulnerability of…
by Guy Elgat Recently, CNN sent their reporter to cover yet another Trump rally (in Pennsylvania), but this time reporter Gary Tuchman was assigned the more specific task of interviewing Trump supporters who were carrying signs or large cardboard cut-outs of the letter “Q” and wearing T-shirts proclaiming “We are Q”.[1] These Trump supporters were…