Why did Husserl begin thinking about movement? What was it that inspired him to make what one might call “the movement turn”?
Read MoreFor Nancy, democracy is not a given form of government, with a fixed meaning, but a term whose meaning is in contestation…
Read MoreThe Dud Avocado follows the period young Sally Gorce chooses an expat existence in Paris over college…
Read MoreTribalism is binary: the grey zone of subtlety, ambiguity, complexity and hesitation shrinks almost to nothing. Mistakes become crimes…
Read MoreSeventeenth-century Christian churches might have been better fortified against the challenges of modernity if they had embraced Spinozism…
Read MoreThis conception of meaning-seeking motivates his modern adaptation of Buddhism, his pluralistic ethics, and his cross-cultural approach…
Read MoreThere is no more dangerous or disgusting habit than that of celebrating Christmas before it comes…
Read MorePresents embody a moment in which the obligation to work for every material joy is suspended…
Read MoreThe biggest delight of my Conan Doyle sleuthing may well be a false clue, even if the facts are not in doubt…
Read MoreYour literature amounts to nothing now Having picked up all of romanticism’s errors, Its writings all reveal the face of Nature, Poor and decrepit, surrounded by great horrors…
Read MoreAnthropology is fundamentally an anarchist project, as it zeroes in on levels of social reality where the state, even when it exists, is not the most salient factor in accounting for why human beings do what they do…
Read MoreLakota power grew from the nation’s cultural adaptability, its people’s willingness – indeed, eagerness – to embrace change, and from its leaders’ political flexibility…
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers…
Read MoreA taste for rural scenes, in the present state of society, appears to be very often an artificial sentiment, rather inspired by poetry and romances, than a real perception of the beauties of nature…
Read MoreCulture wars present us with an unflattering mirror: whether we take part in them or not, they can easily make us seem either pathetic or buck-passing…
Read MoreTwenty years ago a prophetic Onion article reported that the Dinty Moore soup company took a firm stand against terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11. Today this is no longer satire…
Read MoreI sometimes wonder why so many leaves are heart shaped…
Read MoreThe most infamous mine in China is Bayan-Obo, the largest REE mine in the world. Even more infamous than the mine itself is the tailing pond it has produced…
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