Ancient Greek historian Thucydides has defined the identities of Greeks and  "barbarians" based on colonial influence.

He focuses on Taylor’s concepts of the “social imaginary,” the “immanent frame,” and the “buffered self,” showing how these ...

To the extent you can define the terms of a debate, you can influence the outcome of that debate. The story of Epicurus ...

Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film, Bugonia, remakes a South Korean B-grade comedy into a war of words on contemporary delusions.

"If you feel too much, you lose your ability to be compassionate," Dlugos said. "Compassion has to be blended with wisdom and ...

More than six decades later, what has emerged is a military-narrational complex, in which war presents too good a story not to tell, over and over again. States, and now nonstate actors, have been ...

On a balmy summer evening, I approached a brownstone apartment in a leafy Chicago suburb and made a split-second decision that would change the direction of my life.

By Claire Olson and Rhett Forman Carolina Journal What constitutes a “university” in the course of human history is debatable. But the University of Bologna in Italy (founded in 1088) is widely ...

For most of human history, monsters were repugnant aberrations, breaches of the natural and moral order. What’s behind our ...

For many, Kimmel’s rebound appears to be a win for free speech and a testament to the power of boycotts against powerful corporate interests. However, for Hollywood writers, the fight over comedy may ...

Italy is a country that enchants every traveler, blending history, art, and beauty into a living masterpiece. From the ...

Connection matters. In a world dominated by screens, it’s easy to forget that we thrive in community, relationships, and ...