What is it about those rare and fleeting moments of musical beauty that fully captivate a listener’s attention? Does a composer calculate such junctur...

The globalization of social (economic, cultural, environmental) relations has generated a new need for people who have little or nothing in common wit...

In a world maimed by war, climate change, economic dysfunction and political failures, the flows of migration are as intense as they have ever been. C...

There is a long-standing prejudice that early romantic philosophy developed in the footsteps of Fichtean foundationalism, and that it was uncritical o...

Why should incorporated bodies count as legal persons? And what rights and responsibilities should they have? Should they enjoy rights that may trump ...

What is sex education? Who should teach it? What are the most effective strategies? When and where should it be taught? These are just some of the que...

Big is back across a wide range of historical fields. More historians are stretching space, to create international, transnational and global historie...

When animals become audible in the city, it is often annoying, sometimes unnerving, but also now and again a kind of annunciation.  Animals are an ano...

Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy of nonviolent resistance, social justice, and respect for the environment is only increasing in its relevance given our curren...

Aside from its musical genius, Wagner’s Ring cycle remains one of the most staggering achievements of the 19th-century stage, and has continued to sti...