Field Category
Politics & Ethics
The theorists of power, justice, and resistance. How to think about what is fair, who decides, and what we owe each other when interests clash.
12 thinkers
Political Philosophy
Hannah Arendt
1906–1975
The Analyst of the Banality of Evil
Political Strategy
Niccolò Machiavelli
1469–1527
The Unsentimental Realist
Political Economy
Karl Marx
1818–1883
The Analyst of the Hidden Engine
Political Economy
Adam Smith
1723–1790
The Moral Philosopher Behind the Invisible Hand
Institutional Critique
Ivan Illich
1926–2002
The Critic of Counter-Productive Institutions
Political Writing
George Orwell
1903–1950
The Clear-Eyed Witness
Feminist Theory & Cultural Criticism
bell hooks
1952–2021
The Thinker Who Made Love Rigorous
Political Philosophy & Anti-Caste Thought
B.R. Ambedkar
1891–1956
The Constitution-Writer Who Refused to Kneel
Postcolonial Theory & Literary Criticism
Edward Said
1935–2003
The Exile Who Mapped the Empire of Knowledge
Feminist Philosophy
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759–1797
The First Voice That Said Equal Means Equal
Political Economy & Commons Governance
Elinor Ostrom
1933–2012
The Nobel Laureate Who Trusted Communities
Environmental Philosophy & African Feminism
Wangari Maathai
1940–2011
The Woman Who Planted a Revolution