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Janna Thompson

Janna Thompson is an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on political and moral philosophy.

Books & Arts Janna Thompson 16 January 2018 Books | Most people want to live an ethical life, argues Michael Ignatieff in his latest book
Books & Arts Janna Thompson 19 July 2017 Books | Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of public life. It’s a highly ambitious goal, and would it necessarily be desirable? Books & Arts Janna Thompson 20 April 2016 Books | Transcendence, meaning, social purpose: religion has gripped a remarkable range of thinkers, says Janna Thompson Books & Arts Janna Thompson 2 February 2016 Bertrand Russell’s classic book raises old questions about new problems, writes Janna Thompson Books & Arts Janna Thompson 3 June 2015 Books | Usually a good thing in personal relationships, loyalty is less straightforward amid the pressures of organisational life, writes Janna Thompson
Essays & Reportage Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime
Books & Arts Janna Thompson 5 November 2014 How we should accommodate and respect the values of people who aren’t like us? A new book has some of the answers, writes Janna Thompson Books & Arts Janna Thompson 12 August 2014 James Boyce shows how Christianity’s “original sin” helps us understand Western culture in the twenty-first century, writes Janna Thompson Books & Arts Janna Thompson 1 April 2014 In his new book, reviewed here by Janna Thompson, Terry Eagleton explores the persistence of religious ideas in political life and culture Books & Arts Janna Thompson 25 February 2014 In her latest book political philosopher Martha Nussbaum looks at what drives people apart and how we can bridge those divides, writes Janna Thompson