Several projects in the show deal explicitly with the tragic dimension.
Curiously, it is hard to say, because Ludwig seldom dealt explicitly with classical philosophical problems.
In his decades of work, Sondheim has never wrestled explicitly with his sexuality or his upbringing.
The protagonists of "Zero Motivation" never engage explicitly with the larger political questions surrounding the I.D.F.
To work explicitly with the self requires extraordinary judgement, detachment and control.
As he well knew, the handful of Biblical passages that deal explicitly with homosexuality are almost uniformly negative.
His latest novel, Blue Light, not only deals explicitly with this subject but is easily Mosley's most autobiographical work.
Despite his scientific background, he agreed (explicitly) with Isaiah Berlin that the methods of natural science have been over-applied.
Concerned explicitly with the psychology of racial and sexual violence, this is as tense and intelligent as its predecessors.
I have never discussed this explicitly with him, but I doubt that there is a simple answer.
Compared with forebears such as these, what is striking about Trump is how little he engages, at least explicitly, with questions of culture and identity.
