Mark Lilla

Mark Lilla was born in Detroit in 1956. He is Professor of Humanities at Columbia University and a regular essayist for the New York Review of Books and other publications worldwide. His books include The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West, The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics, and G. B. Vico: The Making of an Anti-Modern, as well as The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin with Ronald Dworkin and Robert B. Silvers. He was the 2015 Overseas Press Club of America winner of the Best Commentary on international News in Any Medium for "On France."