Throughout the history of European thought, humor has always had an unruly, utopian impulse: one that transcended class and threatened to upend the social order.
French thinker Étienne Balibar argues that the modern nation-state has become a religion that is now collapsing under the weight of its contradictions.
Democratic socialism, increasingly appealing to young people today, extends democracy into the economic realm. The idea’s not new; we need to explore its history.
Pope Francis is a highly original and supple thinker, with a breadth of knowledge accumulated over five decades. A new book fleshes out his intellectual journey.
One of the most brilliant and influential Catholic philosophers of the twentieth century, G.E.M. Anscombe defended traditional doctrine with a clear, earnest voice.