Anthony Gottlieb

Anthony Gottlieb is a British writer, former Executive Editor of The Economist, and historian of ideas who has taught at the CUNY Graduate Center and the New School in New York, where he has taught a course called "On Nothing" twice. He is a visiting scholar at New York University and a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities.^[1] He was educated at Cambridge University. He was formerly married to the British author Miranda Seymour.

The Economist

He was a member of the editorial staff of The Economist from 1984 to 2006, and its Executive Editor and editor of "Economist.com" from 1997 to 2006. His earlier posts at the magazine included Britain Correspondent, Science and Technology Editor and Surveys Editor. He joined the magazine as a diversion from academic philosophy.^[2]

Works

His published books include "The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance"^[3] and "Socrates." He has published many articles and book reviews in The New York Times^[4] on subjects ranging from philosophy and history to the role of talking parrots in literature and the significance of sex with robots, and in The New Yorker on the Wittgenstein family, René Descartes, and works on atheism. His work also appears in "Intelligent Life"^[5] and the "Wall Street Journal".

References

1. ^ http://nyih.as.nyu.edu/object/AnthonyGottlieb.html
2. ^ http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/13.php
3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=fBO2wbTMEPwC
4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=anthony+gottlieb
5. ^ http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/authors/anthony-gottlieb

External links

• Author interview, 2005 (Requires subscription)
• Madoff and me
• On Nothing, Fall 2008
• CUNY Faculty Profile