Quebec briefly played host this summer to a theatrical production described by one prominent artist as “reminiscent of blackface minstrel shows.”
Vox characterized the practice of dredging up tweets and trying to get people fired over them an “alt right” tactic.
The narrow emphasis on ‘facts not feelings’ reflects a widespread misunderstanding of the role evidence plays in the apprehension of truth.
Realism’s central premise is that relations between states can be explained by the distribution of power in the international system.
But should all political comment on religion have to pass an offense test to be allowed?
But it has been entirely exorcised, emptied of soul and Christianity, respecting only the machine underneath.
The British psychologist Cyril Burt had been accused of falsifying the results of twin studies and related research into the heritability of IQ.
Boycotts, de-platforming and witch hunts do “succeed” in the narrow sense that they can ruin lives. But they don’t change anyone’s privately held opinions.
In The Three Languages of Politics, Kling argues that to understand our political opponents, we need to update the way we frame disagreements.
Parfit was concerned with the perplexing question of the self and personal identity. Do we have self? If so, what is it? Does the self possess any value?
The failure of pundits to discern between democratic socialism and Nordic social democracy is not for a lack of transparency on the part of DSA.
Assessing the genesis of these problems requires a broad historical background understanding, because sociology stands at the nexus of the social sciences and the humanities.
This embarrassing spectacle sometimes resembles an adult who humors a fractious infant just to reassure it that he is an amiable and unthreatening figure.
Britain has produced a Brexit debate that is utterly dry, sterile, and completely lacking in imagination.
More than anywhere else, hope exists in environmental restoration and a healthy international credit.