History
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War and Peace is rooted in Tolstoy’s longing for the infinite and universal. Yet, it reveals our need to focus on the concrete and mundane.
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Individuals don’t make history but there are the “best of us” people, like Grant, who withstand the crushing pressures of their times.
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The answer to whether complex civilizations or moralizing gods came first has significant ramifications for how we address social ills today.
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Once resembling the relationship between a devoted father and an admiring son, Freud and Jung split over the question of culture’s origins.
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In his newest book, God: A Human History, Reza Aslan seeks to provide an explanation for this rise of what he refers to as “the…
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Just as simple technologies have been abandoned for more beneficial advancements, so should we jettison institutions, laws, philosophies, and cultures which no longer incubate human…
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All important technologies must be granted the option of becoming passé. In fact, the goal behind any technology should be for it to serve well…