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What We Have Learned from Mazes

Arnold Glass, author of Cognition: A Neuroscience Approach (2016), explores the role of mazes in psychology and cognitive development.

Arnold Glass | 4 Mar 2016

Not all power to the people – lessons from the Swiss referendum

Jürg Steiner, author of The Foundations of Deliberative Democracy (2012), examines lessons learnt from the recent Swiss Referendum.

Jürg Steiner | 3 Mar 2016

Author interview: Roy Perrett on Indian Philosophy

We talk to Roy Perrett, visiting Professor of Indian Philosophy at Ashoka University about his new book, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy.

Roy W. Perrett | 2 Mar 2016

Is It Wrong to Make the Supreme Court an Election Issue?

Paul Gowder gives a comprehensive new theory of the political and legal ideal known as “the rule of law”: what it means and why it matters.

Paul Gowder | 1 Mar 2016

21st Century Lynchings?

The recent shootings of unarmed blacks have been labeled by some as “21st -century lynchings.” Karlos K. Hill examines the meaning behind this characterization, whether it’s inflammatory, and why the discussion matters. Hill is author of the forthcoming Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory.

Karlos K. Hill | 29 Feb 2016

Carolyn Rovee’s Revolution: Understanding the Cognitive Abilities of Infants

Anyone who has taken care of a newborn can understand treating them at little more than a digestive system. Most newborns are either placid babies or colicky babies. Placid babies eat and sleep. Colicky...

Arnold Glass | 26 Feb 2016

The Process of Emancipation is the Story of America

The major motion picture Lincoln, which focused on the political struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, recently exposed popular audiences to the problem of emancipation. There is a lot to like about...

William A. Link, James J. Broomall | 25 Feb 2016

Black History, American Islam, and National Security

Sylvester A. Johnson, the author of African American Religions, 1500-2000: Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom (2015), explores what Black history reveals about the larger state of national security and American Islam.

Sylvester Johnson | 23 Feb 2016

Let’s Get Physical: Dissociated and Integrated Physicality

John Suler, author of Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric (2015) explores 'dissociated physicality' in our ever increasing world of tech dependence.

John Suler | 22 Feb 2016

The history of modern macroeconomics

Author Michel De Vroey gives us an insight into his latest book A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond (2016).

Michel De Vroey | 19 Feb 2016

Cattle Domestication: from Aurochs to Cow

In author Mario Melletti's previous post he explored the impact of feral water buffalo on Australian ecosystems. Here, he talks about the main steps that have brought us the wide range of modern cattle breeds through the process of domestication of their ancestor, the aurochs.

Mario Melletti | 18 Feb 2016

A disconcerting ambiguity

A disconcerting ambiguity: a note on the Spanish noun escatología, and adjective escatológico Eschatology: Branch of theology concerning the end of the world Scatology: Scientific study of excrement Spanish...

Ronald Batchelor | 17 Feb 2016