First Things RSS Feed - Ben F. Meyer https://www.firstthings.com/author/ben-f-meyer en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:54:54 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/ben-f-meyer 60 Undoing the Self https://www.firstthings.com/article/1993/12/005-undoing-the-self https://www.firstthings.com/article/1993/12/005-undoing-the-self Wed, 01 Dec 1993 00:00:00 -0500 The Passion of Michel Foucault
by James E. Miller
Simon & Schuster, 491 pages, $27.50

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]]> The Question of the Sign https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/04/the-question-of-the-sign https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/04/the-question-of-the-sign Wed, 01 Apr 1992 00:00:00 -0500 Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man
by David Lehman
Poseidon Press/Simon & Schuster, 318 pages, $21.95

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]]> Ideology Therapy https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/11/ideology-therapy https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/11/ideology-therapy Fri, 01 Nov 1991 00:00:00 -0500 Wise is he to whom all things taste as they are.
 —Joseph Pieper

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]]> The Philosophical Crusher https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/04/the-philosophical-crusher https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/04/the-philosophical-crusher Mon, 01 Apr 1991 00:00:00 -0500 We milk the cow of the world, and as we do 
We whisper in her ear, “You are not true.” 
—Richard Wilbur

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