Sep 13ReviewThere Will Be Music Despite EverythingSTEVEN E. ASCHHEIM | Time’s Echo is about the painful but also potentially liberating interactions between culture and catastrophe.
Sep 13ReviewRedeemable HumanityDANIEL WOOLF | Apart from the stories she tells, Bakewell builds a case for remembering—even in the shadow of Auschwitz, Rwanda, 9/11. . .
Jun 22ReviewApocalypse Now: The Revolt Against Auto-Genocide SAMUEL LONCAR | Anthropocene antihumanism and transhumanism seek the end of humanity. They are auto-genocidal philosophies. . .
Jun 7EssayAumcoming: Meditations on a SoundAMIT MAJMUDAR | Just as "Once upon a time" primes the mind to receive a fairy tale, Aum primes the mind to receive transcendence and peace.
Jun 4Meanings of ScienceBiology, the Brain, and the Meaning of Life with Philip BallPHILIP BALL | There’s one thing that distinguishes living matter from nonliving matter, it is this notion of agency.
Apr 26ReviewA New AnarchismARTHUR BRAVO | Activism and activists of all persuasions stand to benefit from a mutually dynamic dialogue between theory and practice.
Apr 12Meanings of ScienceDefining Science: Language, Method, and ObjectivesNICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.
Apr 12ReviewSeeking NietzscheSteven E. Aschheim | No singular Nietzschean paradigm has ever utterly dominated the philosophical, political and cultural landscape.
Mar 15ReviewBiotech, Nuclear War, and the Singularity: Humanity in 2054 Technological and scientific progress often have a fraught relationship with religion. . .
Mar 14EssayPolitics and the Plague in Medieval Persia: A Non-Western Perspective of Pandemic History SARA AMERI MAHABADI | What we witnessed during COVID is not entirely new. Blaming others, attempting to dismantle the status quo, or...
Mar 1EssaySports in Jewish Culture IRA GLICK & NEIL EISENBERG | The Jewish problem with athletics literally arose in the locker room.
Mar 1Meanings of ScienceWhat Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?