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Our editorial team shares what they’ve been reading as the new academic year begins Pranav Many historians today read widely and work hard to incorporate the insights of their colleagues in anthropology, sociology, literary studies and other disciplines. Almost every… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Alex Langstaff
by contributing editors Andrew Hines and Jonathon Catlin
By guest contributor Morgan L. Green Mid-twentieth-century anthropology was in crisis. Already influenced by World War II, anthropologists in the 1960s encountered a variety of dramatic changes. The scientific method and the pressure to be “objective” dominated as institutions like the National… Continue Reading →
By Editor Spencer Weinreich I read the news today, oh boy. As Shakespeare’s Richard II almost said, For God’s sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of queens. The world mourns the loss of… Continue Reading →
The new issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas is now available from Project Muse. Historical Approaches to Epistemic Authority: The Case of NeoplatonismSaskia Aers “Authority” is a term widely used by scholars from various fields of studies,… Continue Reading →
By contributing writer David Loner In September 2017, the University of Arizona named its new department in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences the “Department of Political Economy and Moral Science” (DPEMS). For those American political philosophers and social… Continue Reading →
