Shows tagged with : Culture

  • June 16 : Educaton and the Culture Wars
    In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible  for providing children with an education. But parents surely have both the right and...
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  • November 04 : The Evolution of Storytelling
    Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it be fiction, history, mythology, gossip, daydreams, news, or...
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  • July 01 : Identities Lost & Found in a Global Age
    Throughout human history, people have tended to live and die in the place they're born. Place is an important part of identity. But what happens when...
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  • May 06 : What Are Human Rights?
    According to the Declaration of Independence, the basic human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God-given. Whatever the role...
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  • March 11 : What Is a Wife?
    The concept of a wife has been embedded in cultures, religious practices, social customs and economic patterns of wildly different sorts.  Is...
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  • February 19 : What Is 'Normal'?
    What does it mean to be normal?  And abnormal?  Who gets to decide, and what are the repercussions?  When do we applaud deviations...
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  • February 05 : Black Solidarity
    From the abolition of slavery to the Black Power movement, black unity has been considered a powerful method to achieve freedom and equality. ...
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  • August 07 : The State of Public Philosophy
    In the 18th and 19th Century, philosophers and intellectuals were immersed in politics and popular culture.  Even in the early 20th Century some...
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  • May 08 : Cities, Gentrification, and Inequality
    In the 1960s, as many American cities burst and burned, the upper and middle classes fled to the suburbs, leaving behind a decaying infrastructure...
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  • February 20 : Bi-racial Identities
    Many people identify strongly with the ethnic or racial group to which they belong – as Jews, or African-Americans, or Latinos.  But to which...
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  • May 26 : Summer Reading List 2013
    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger's Being and Time may be a bit much to take on vacation, but there are lots of...
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  • June 02 : Gay Pride & Prejudice
    The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on the air of a moral panic and support taking on the air of a...
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  • June 09 : Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
    The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has undermined the religious idea that the universe...
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  • June 16 : Educaton and the Culture Wars
    In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible  for providing children with an education. But parents surely have both the right and...
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  • June 23 : Nations and Borders
    One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It's often best to go elsewhere. But moving is not always so easy. Borders and...
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  • June 30 : Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
    Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be punished for their crimes? Did Justin Timberlake mean to disrobe...
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  • July 21 : Freedom and Free Enterprise
    “Freedom” can mean many things, but it stands most centrally for metaphysical freedom: the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own...
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