Philosophy in the Age of Fascism: Reflections on the Presidential Addresses of The APA, 1931–1940

From the Anthropocene to the Ecozoic: Philosophy and Global Climate Change

“…Recently I had occasion to write an essay on the presidential addresses of the American Philosophical Association (APA) of the 1930s (1931–1940) (Henning ). While grappling with the diverse philosophical themes represented in the thirty‐odd addresses, I couldn't help but think also about the dramatic events unfolding during the tumultuous decade.…”

“… As I note in “Philosophy in the Age of Fascism”: “Although from our twenty‐first century vantage point, the eventual victory of the Allies might seem to have been inevitable, in the closing years of the 1930s, Japan had invaded and committed terrible atrocities in China, and Hitler and Mussolini were on the march across Europe. Eventual victory was not so certain then, and the existential threat to democracy was palpable in many of the addresses delivered during this period” (Henning , 88). …”