Jay Gupta recalls discovering Telos while browsing the journals in the John W. Graham Library at the University of Toronto in 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11. He was looking for intelligent commentary on the attacks, which he found to be disturbingly scarce. Russell Berman‘s salutary, evenhanded analysis was just what Jay was looking for. It was notably free from the then standard ideological, moralistic suggestion that the United States had brought the catastrophe upon itself. Jay was then inspired to submit an essay on 9/11 to Telos, entitled “Freedom of the Void: Hegel and Nietzsche on the Politics of Nihilism.” Russell invited Jay to become an editorial associate with the journal in the wake of Paul Piccone‘s passing in 2004, and Jay began presenting papers at the yearly conferences in New York City. To read more of Jay’s writings for Telos, visit our online archive as well as our TelosScope blog.
Jay Gupta is Professor of Philosophy at Mills College at Northeastern University, holds the Lorry I. Lokey Endowed Chair in Ethics, and is the Program Head of Global Humanities and Critical Thought. He is a philosopher who writes on Hegel, critical theory, and philosophy of mind.
