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Biology, the Brain, and the Meaning of Life with Philip Ball
PHILIP BALL | There’s one thing that distinguishes living matter from nonliving matter, it is this notion of agency.
Jun 4, 2024


A New Anarchism
ARTHUR BRAVO | Activism and activists of all persuasions stand to benefit from a mutually dynamic dialogue between theory and practice.
Apr 26, 2024


Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives
NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.
Apr 12, 2024


Seeking Nietzsche
Steven E. Aschheim | No singular Nietzschean paradigm has ever utterly dominated the philosophical, political and cultural landscape.
Apr 12, 2024


Biotech, Nuclear War, and the Singularity: Humanity in 2054
Technological and scientific progress often have a fraught relationship with religion. . .
Mar 15, 2024


Politics 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 15, 2024


Sports in Jewish Culture
IRA GLICK & NEIL EISENBERG | The Jewish problem with athletics literally arose in the locker room.
Mar 1, 2024


What 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?
Mar 1, 2024


A Tale of Two Historians: Remembering Natalie Zemon Davis and Donald R. Kelley
DANIEL WOOLF | Two very different historians, two complementary visions of the past, and two equally valuable bequests to future . . .
Feb 15, 2024


How to Read Like a Human
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | It’s not easy to befriend sages who have been dead for centuries, but only human attachment is strong . . .
Nov 24, 2023


Secrets of Time: The Pursuit of Divine Wisdom and The Dead Sea Scrolls
SARIT KATTAN GRIBETZ | The book’s focus on the pursuit of hidden wisdom and the quest to overcome human limitations . . .
Nov 10, 2023


Kingdom of Darkness: Challenging the Master-Narrative of Modernization
DANIEL WOOLF | The titular “kingdom of darkness” derives from a biblical phrase originally referencing Satan’s dominion and . . .
Nov 10, 2023
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