Costică Brădăţan is the author, most recently, of In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility (Harvard University Press, 2023).
Feature Christ at the Assembly Line Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. Instead, she found Jesus Christ. By Costică Brădăţan January 8, 2023 Religion Politics Social Justice Poverty
Feature Two Sides of Dignity By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves. By Costică Brădăţan November 2, 2022 Philosophy Culture Books
Article The Only Way to Stand It Tadeusz Borowski’s ‘Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories’ explores the complex social, political, and intellectual climate of Nazi Germany. By Costică Brădăţan May 18, 2022 History War and Peace
Article A Happy Contrarian A new collection of interviews with René Girard offers insight into the complexity of his ideas and the process through which he came to them. By Costică Brădăţan March 12, 2021 Philosophy Nonfiction
Article Sailing Without Ballast A closer look at the French Revolution might teach us something important about our own political moment. By Costică Brădăţan September 28, 2020 Books Foreign Affairs
Article A Soft Spot for Atheism Atheism is too serious a business to be left to the unbelievers. Unbelief needs the believer’s reflecting gaze to better understand itself. By Costică Brădăţan June 8, 2020 Secularism and Modernity Nonfiction Theology Philosophy
