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Henri Bergson on Thinking

French philosopher Henri Bergson provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Alienation from the Cartesian Change in the Meaning of Truth

Scholar Richard Barrett discusses the transformation of truth and its beauty as a result of Galileo's invention of the telescope.

Amor Mundi 8/31/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the anti-totalitarian tones of Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon", ask how we can repair American public discourse, reflect on ways we can seek to understand and learn from history, and much more.

The Humanities and Common Sense

Roger Berkowitz observes the unnecessarily specialized nature of humanities scholarship in today's colleges and universities and offers some remarks on how this can be remedied.

Sylvia Plath on Thinking

Sylvia Plath provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

The Spirit of Revolution

Roger Berkowitz emphasizes the need to restore spaces and possibilities for the experience of freedom, including in democratic states.

Amor Mundi 8/24/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the continuing relevance of humanities in the university system, identify the emptiness and fear that motivates modern-day antisemitism and Islamophobia, reflect on the world that allowed the ISIS militant group to emerge, and much more.

Jacques Ranciere and Hannah Arendt on Democratic Politics

Roger Berkowitz discusses the nature of democracy in the modern world and compares Jacque's Ranciere's conceptualization of this "paradoxical politics" with that of Hannah Arendt.

Video Archives - Lunchtime Talk with Victor Granado Almena (2011)

In this week's Video Archives, we look back on a Lunchtime Talk with Victor Granado Almena on cosmopolitan citizenship in a global age.