Christoph Schuringa is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University London and the editor of the Hegel Bulletin. He is the author of two forthcoming books: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy from Verso and Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy from Cambridge University Press.

01.09.2023

• Christoph Schuringa

The Birth of Analytic Philosophy Out of the Spirit of McCarthyism

Analytic philosophy, the hegemonic branch of the discipline in the US, often thinks of itself as above history and politics. But its rise, and its enduring influence, are owed to McCarthyism, which purged radicals from postwar philosophy.