Ancient and Modern Languages
How does media reporting influence public thought?
Manufacturing Consent
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
media imperialism
Media bias
Preference falsification
Propaganda model
consent of the governed
The Reality of the Mass Media
Niklas Luhmann
systems theory
mass media as a social system
Covering Islam
Edward W. Said
Other (philosophy)
media bias
propaganda
How does everyday use of metaphors influence human perception and action?
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Conceptual metaphor
Cognitive linguistics
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
How can one understand language and literacy through the sociocultural approach
Social Linguistics and Literacies
James Paul Gee
social linguistics
How can semiotics inform literary theory?
The Pursuit of Signs
Jonathan Culler
structuralism
Speaking (La Parole)
Georges Gusdorf
Literature
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
How can one understand language and literacy through the sociocultural approach
Social Linguistics and Literacies
James Paul Gee
social linguistics
How can semiotics inform literary theory?
The Pursuit of Signs
Jonathan Culler
structuralism
Speaking (La Parole)
Georges Gusdorf
Philosophy
How should humans relate to history?
Attitudes Toward History
Kenneth Burke
symbolic action
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
Friedrich Nietzsche
Continental philosophy
Nietzscheanism
Existentialism
philosophy of history
against historicism
The Historian's Craft
Marc Bloch
historiography
How can fascism be traced to over-rationalization?
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
culture industry
fascism
Eclipse of Reason (Horkheimer)
anti-intellectualism
against positivism
How can art and aesthetics be defined?
What is Art?
Leo Tolstoy
against professionalization of art
The Nature of Order: The process of creating life
Christopher Alexander
creative process
theory of centers
design patterns
A History of Six Ideas
Władysław Tatarkiewicz
Lwów–Warsaw school of logic
Aesthetic Theory
Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
Paradox of aesthetics
truth-content in the art object
How does structural inequality arise and result in societal oppression of certain social groups?
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Iris Marion Young
structural inequality
five faces of oppression
Feminist social theory
Embodied phenomenology
Madness and Civilization
Michel Foucault
Continental philosophy
French Nietzscheanism
Post-structuralism
historical epistemology
history of ideas
power-knowledge
How can one live a moral life?
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism
Ethics
Memento mori
Gravity and Grace
Simone Weil
Christian anarchism
Christian socialism
Christian Mysticism
Modern Platonism
moral philosophy
philosophy of religion
Decreation
christianity
Tao Te Ching
Lao Zi
Taoism
Tao
wu wei
The Ethics of Authenticity
Charles Taylor
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith
Morality
human nature
moral judgment
development of conscience
How does media reporting influence public thought?
Manufacturing Consent
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
media imperialism
Media bias
Preference falsification
Propaganda model
consent of the governed
The Reality of the Mass Media
Niklas Luhmann
systems theory
mass media as a social system
Covering Islam
Edward W. Said
Other (philosophy)
media bias
propaganda
How can ‘the Otherism’ of orientalism be understood?
Orientalism
Edward Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
How was 'the other' construed in anthropology?
Time and the Other
Johannes Fabian
Other (philosophy)
postcolonial criticism
Structural Anthropology
Claude Levi-Strauss
Structuralism
Orientalism
Edward W. Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
How does everyday use of metaphors influence human perception and action?
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Conceptual metaphor
Cognitive linguistics
Analysis of modern thought and society
The Consequences of Modernity
Anthony Giddens
structuration theory
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
What are the causes and consequences of scientific revolutions?
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
Analytic philosophy
Historical turn
Paradigm shift
Philosophy of science
History of science
Paradigm shift
Commensurability (philosophy of science)
How can the scientific method be flawed?
Against Method
Paul Feyerabend
Analytic philosophy
Epistemological anarchism
Epistemological anarchism
history of science
Method in Social Science
Andrew Sayer
against social constructionism
against postmodernism
critical realism
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
Analysis of postmodern thought and society
The Transparency Society
Byung-Chul Han
deconstruction
Transparency (behavior)
Burnout (psychology)
Depression (clinical)
Internet
Social Media
social critique
How is gender inequality reinforced both in history and today?
The Reproduction of Mothering
Nancy Chodorow
feminist psychology
mothering
kinship
masculine and feminine identity
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
Existentialism
Existential phenomenology
French feminism
Western Marxism
Political philosophy
Ethics
Feminist ethics
Existential feminism
Sexual Harassment of Working Women
Catharine A. MacKinnon
law
feminist theory
social inequality
Against Our Will
Susan Brownmiller
rape culture
power and powerlessness
The naked face of the Arab women (trans. The Hidden Face of Eve)
Nawal El Saadawi
Female genital mutilation
honor killings
female circumcision
patriarchal oppression
Are humans naturally good or evil?
Mencius
Mencius
Confucianism
Chinese philosophy
Ethics
Social philosophy
Political philosophy
Confucianism
How can moral consciousness be defined outside of religion?
The Rebel
Albert Camus
Continental philosophy
Absurdism
Existentialism
Existentialist anarchism
French Nietzscheanism
Anarcho-syndicalism
Ethics
human nature
justice
politics
Absurdism
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
existentialist ethics
Ethics
freedom
against nihilism
Inventing Human Rights: A History
Lynn Hunt
History and Archaeology
How should humans relate to history?
Attitudes Toward History
Kenneth Burke
symbolic action
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
Friedrich Nietzsche
Continental philosophy
Nietzscheanism
Existentialism
philosophy of history
against historicism
The Historian's Craft
Marc Bloch
historiography
How can fascism be traced to over-rationalization?
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
culture industry
fascism
Eclipse of Reason (Horkheimer)
anti-intellectualism
against positivism
What is the cultural and historical meaning of time?
Revolution in Time
David Landes
How and why did nationalism emerge?
Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson
print capitalism
imagined community
nationalism
Analysis of modern thought and society
The Consequences of Modernity
Anthony Giddens
structuration theory
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
What are the causes and consequences of scientific revolutions?
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
Analytic philosophy
Historical turn
Paradigm shift
Philosophy of science
History of science
Paradigm shift
Commensurability (philosophy of science)
How can the scientific method be flawed?
Against Method
Paul Feyerabend
Analytic philosophy
Epistemological anarchism
Epistemological anarchism
history of science
Method in Social Science
Andrew Sayer
against social constructionism
against postmodernism
critical realism
Analysis of postmodern thought and society
The Transparency Society
Byung-Chul Han
deconstruction
Transparency (behavior)
Burnout (psychology)
Depression (clinical)
Internet
Social Media
social critique
How has eroticism and sexuality evolved in the West?
Erotism
Georges Bataille
eroticism
literary criticism
The Transformation of Intimacy
Anthony Giddens
sexual revolution
emergence of romantic love
self-identity
The History of Sexuality
Michel Foucault
Post-structuralism
historical epistemology
power
How can one understand language and literacy through the sociocultural approach
Social Linguistics and Literacies
James Paul Gee
social linguistics
How can moral consciousness be defined outside of religion?
The Rebel
Albert Camus
Continental philosophy
Absurdism
Existentialism
Existentialist anarchism
French Nietzscheanism
Anarcho-syndicalism
Ethics
human nature
justice
politics
Absurdism
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
existentialist ethics
Ethics
freedom
against nihilism
Inventing Human Rights: A History
Lynn Hunt
Anthropology
How can fascism be traced to over-rationalization?
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
culture industry
fascism
Eclipse of Reason (Horkheimer)
anti-intellectualism
against positivism
What is the cultural and historical meaning of time?
Revolution in Time
David Landes
How and why did nationalism emerge?
Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson
print capitalism
imagined community
nationalism
How can ‘the Otherism’ of orientalism be understood?
Orientalism
Edward Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
How was 'the other' construed in anthropology?
Time and the Other
Johannes Fabian
Other (philosophy)
postcolonial criticism
Structural Anthropology
Claude Levi-Strauss
Structuralism
Orientalism
Edward W. Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
What is culture and what are cultural systems?
The Interpretation of Cultures
Clifford Geertz
Symbolic anthropology
Thick description
Local Knowledge
Clifford Geertz
Symbolic Anthropology
thick description
Analysis of modern thought and society
The Consequences of Modernity
Anthony Giddens
structuration theory
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
Analysis of postmodern thought and society
The Transparency Society
Byung-Chul Han
deconstruction
Transparency (behavior)
Burnout (psychology)
Depression (clinical)
Internet
Social Media
social critique
How is gender inequality reinforced both in history and today?
The Reproduction of Mothering
Nancy Chodorow
feminist psychology
mothering
kinship
masculine and feminine identity
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
Existentialism
Existential phenomenology
French feminism
Western Marxism
Political philosophy
Ethics
Feminist ethics
Existential feminism
Sexual Harassment of Working Women
Catharine A. MacKinnon
law
feminist theory
social inequality
Against Our Will
Susan Brownmiller
rape culture
power and powerlessness
The naked face of the Arab women (trans. The Hidden Face of Eve)
Nawal El Saadawi
Female genital mutilation
honor killings
female circumcision
patriarchal oppression
How has eroticism and sexuality evolved in the West?
Erotism
Georges Bataille
eroticism
literary criticism
The Transformation of Intimacy
Anthony Giddens
sexual revolution
emergence of romantic love
self-identity
The History of Sexuality
Michel Foucault
Post-structuralism
historical epistemology
power
How can one understand language and literacy through the sociocultural approach
Social Linguistics and Literacies
James Paul Gee
social linguistics
How can semiotics inform literary theory?
The Pursuit of Signs
Jonathan Culler
structuralism
Speaking (La Parole)
Georges Gusdorf
Human Geography
What is the cultural and historical meaning of time?
Revolution in Time
David Landes
How can ‘the Otherism’ of orientalism be understood?
Orientalism
Edward Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
How was 'the other' construed in anthropology?
Time and the Other
Johannes Fabian
Other (philosophy)
postcolonial criticism
Structural Anthropology
Claude Levi-Strauss
Structuralism
Orientalism
Edward W. Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
What is culture and what are cultural systems?
The Interpretation of Cultures
Clifford Geertz
Symbolic anthropology
Thick description
Local Knowledge
Clifford Geertz
Symbolic Anthropology
thick description
How do humans experience public and private spaces?
A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander
Pattern language
New urbanism
community livibility
urban design
Life Between Buildings
Jan Gehl
new urbanism
public spaces
livibility
Analysis of modern thought and society
The Consequences of Modernity
Anthony Giddens
structuration theory
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
Analysis of postmodern thought and society
The Transparency Society
Byung-Chul Han
deconstruction
Transparency (behavior)
Burnout (psychology)
Depression (clinical)
Internet
Social Media
social critique
How has eroticism and sexuality evolved in the West?
Erotism
Georges Bataille
eroticism
literary criticism
The Transformation of Intimacy
Anthony Giddens
sexual revolution
emergence of romantic love
self-identity
The History of Sexuality
Michel Foucault
Post-structuralism
historical epistemology
power
How can semiotics inform literary theory?
The Pursuit of Signs
Jonathan Culler
structuralism
Speaking (La Parole)
Georges Gusdorf
Law
How can the political be defined?
The Concept of the Political
Carl Schmitt
Neo-Kantianism
Modern Platonism
the friend–enemy distinction
Politics
How has media culture impacted modern thought?
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
media ecology
entertainment programming
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
collective memory
war photography
ethics
anti-war activism
The Culture Industry
Theodor W Adorno
Culture industry
Standardization
How does systemic misogyny work?
Down Girl
Kate Manne
Fourth-wave feminism
misogyny
metaethics
How can fascism be traced to over-rationalization?
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
culture industry
fascism
Eclipse of Reason (Horkheimer)
anti-intellectualism
against positivism
How can art and aesthetics be defined?
What is Art?
Leo Tolstoy
against professionalization of art
The Nature of Order: The process of creating life
Christopher Alexander
creative process
theory of centers
design patterns
A History of Six Ideas
Władysław Tatarkiewicz
Lwów–Warsaw school of logic
Aesthetic Theory
Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
Paradox of aesthetics
truth-content in the art object
How does structural inequality arise and result in societal oppression of certain social groups?
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Iris Marion Young
structural inequality
five faces of oppression
Feminist social theory
Embodied phenomenology
Madness and Civilization
Michel Foucault
Continental philosophy
French Nietzscheanism
Post-structuralism
historical epistemology
history of ideas
power-knowledge
How and why did nationalism emerge?
Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson
print capitalism
imagined community
nationalism
How does media reporting influence public thought?
Manufacturing Consent
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
media imperialism
Media bias
Preference falsification
Propaganda model
consent of the governed
The Reality of the Mass Media
Niklas Luhmann
systems theory
mass media as a social system
Covering Islam
Edward W. Said
Other (philosophy)
media bias
propaganda
How can ‘the Otherism’ of orientalism be understood?
Orientalism
Edward Said
Postcolonialism
Orientalism
Other (philosophy)
Analysis of modern thought and society
The Consequences of Modernity
Anthony Giddens
structuration theory
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
Analysis of postmodern thought and society
The Transparency Society
Byung-Chul Han
deconstruction
Transparency (behavior)
Burnout (psychology)
Depression (clinical)
Internet
Social Media
social critique
How is gender inequality reinforced both in history and today?
The Reproduction of Mothering
Nancy Chodorow
feminist psychology
mothering
kinship
masculine and feminine identity
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
Existentialism
Existential phenomenology
French feminism
Western Marxism
Political philosophy
Ethics
Feminist ethics
Existential feminism
Sexual Harassment of Working Women
Catharine A. MacKinnon
law
feminist theory
social inequality
Against Our Will
Susan Brownmiller
rape culture
power and powerlessness
The naked face of the Arab women (trans. The Hidden Face of Eve)
Nawal El Saadawi
Female genital mutilation
honor killings
female circumcision
patriarchal oppression
How can the political be defined?
The Concept of the Political
Carl Schmitt
Neo-Kantianism
Modern Platonism
the friend–enemy distinction
Are humans naturally good or evil?
Mencius
Mencius
Confucianism
Chinese philosophy
Ethics
Social philosophy
Political philosophy
Confucianism
How can moral consciousness be defined outside of religion?
The Rebel
Albert Camus
Continental philosophy
Absurdism
Existentialism
Existentialist anarchism
French Nietzscheanism
Anarcho-syndicalism
Ethics
human nature
justice
politics
Absurdism
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
existentialist ethics
Ethics
freedom
against nihilism
Inventing Human Rights: A History
Lynn Hunt
Religion
How can one live a moral life?
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism
Ethics
Memento mori
Gravity and Grace
Simone Weil
Christian anarchism
Christian socialism
Christian Mysticism
Modern Platonism
moral philosophy
philosophy of religion
Decreation
christianity
Tao Te Ching
Lao Zi
Taoism
Tao
wu wei
The Ethics of Authenticity
Charles Taylor
Political philosophy
ethics
modernity
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith
Morality
human nature
moral judgment
development of conscience
How can moral consciousness be defined outside of religion?
The Rebel
Albert Camus
Continental philosophy
Absurdism
Existentialism
Existentialist anarchism
French Nietzscheanism
Anarcho-syndicalism
Ethics
human nature
justice
politics
Absurdism
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
existentialist ethics
Ethics
freedom
against nihilism
Inventing Human Rights: A History
Lynn Hunt
Art
How has media culture impacted modern thought?
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
media ecology
entertainment programming
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
collective memory
war photography
ethics
anti-war activism
The Culture Industry
Theodor W Adorno
Culture industry
Standardization
How can art and aesthetics be defined?
What is Art?
Leo Tolstoy
against professionalization of art
The Nature of Order: The process of creating life
Christopher Alexander
creative process
theory of centers
design patterns
A History of Six Ideas
Władysław Tatarkiewicz
Lwów–Warsaw school of logic
Aesthetic Theory
Theodor W. Adorno
Continental philosophy
Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
Paradox of aesthetics
truth-content in the art object
How do humans experience public and private spaces?
A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander
Pattern language
New urbanism
community livibility
urban design
Life Between Buildings
Jan Gehl
new urbanism
public spaces
livibility
How is narration and storytelling central to the human experience?
The Cry for Myth
Rollo May
existential psychology
drama
existential dilemma
Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer
Phenomenology (philosophy)
Ontic structural realism
Epistemology
aesthetics
An Essay on Man
Ernst Cassirer
Philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic form
Gender Issues
Ancient and Modern Languages
Ancient and Modern Languages
Literature
Literature
Philosophy
Philosophy
History and Archaeology
History and Archaeology
Anthropology
Anthropology
Human Geography
Human Geography
Law
Law
Politics
Politics
Religion
Religion
Art
Art
Gender Issues
Gender Issues