An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.

What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?

A review of the film The Great Gatsby.

How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…

Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.

The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…