Samuel Kimbriel is founding director of the Aspen Institute’s Philosophy & Society Initiative, which seeks to reignite a national tradition of public philosophy, enabling us to grapple with the largest and most haunting issues of societal purpose. A philosopher and author, he is part of an emerging generation of philosophers rethinking basic questions of individuality, identity, and community. He has been a research fellow at the University of Nottingham Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Kimbriel is the author of Friendship as Sacred Knowing: Overcoming Isolation, a contributing editor at Wisdom of Crowds, and writes widely on topics of solidarity, ideology, democracy, power, and trust for outlets including The Washington Post and the BBC.
