Jacob Phillips

Jacob Phillips is the author of Obedience Is Freedom. He tweets at @counteredlogos

Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future

Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics

Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon

How can we appreciate art in alienating times?

There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism

Sincere apologies require a shared set of values

Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance

Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture

Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying