Mark Kingwell

Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. He is the author of eleven books of political and cultural theory, including most recently, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City (2008) and Opening Gambits: Essays on Art and Philosophy (2008). He is the recipient of the Spitz Prize in political theory, National Magazine Awards for both essays and columns, and in 2000 was awarded an honorary DFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design for contributions to theory and criticism.

Patrick Turmel is an assistant professor of philosophy at Université Laval. His main research interests are in moral and political philosophy. He has published articles in ethics and on issues pertaining to cities and justice. He is also co-editor of Penser les institutions (Presses de l’Université Laval).

Books by Mark Kingwell

Singular Creatures

The Adventurer's Glossary

The Ethics of Architecture

On Risk

Wish I Were Here

The Best Canadian Essays 2018

Fail Better

Measure Yourself Against the Earth

The Man with Six Senses

Unruly Voices

Wage Slave's Glossary, The

Extraordinary Canadians Glenn Gould

Rites of Way

Concrete Reveries

Idler's Glossary, The

Opening Gambits

Nothing for Granted

Living By Design

Practical Judgments

Catch and Release

World We Want

Dreams Of The Millennium

Better Living In The Pursuit Of Happiness From Plato To Prozac