(Bpk/Bildagentur/Meller Marcovicz, Digne/Art Resource, NY ... This is when the Endarkenment starts—an age without faith or reason. In the digital labyrinth, the Enlightenment played the part of victim ...

King makes clear that, as in our own time, mid-18th-century England was mired in religious tensions, poverty, war and disease ...

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Charles Taylor’s big-hearted, misshapen book on philosophy, poetry, and our never-ending quest to heal the wound of modern ...

In this age of transhumanist temptation, Frankenstein is as relevant as the inflatable ogre billowing in the front yard.

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The period of Gupta rule between 300 and 600 CE has been called the Golden Age of India for its advances in science and emphasis on classical Indian art and literature. Gupta rulers acquired much ...

For a decade, one writer tried to unravel the story of Dorje Chang, whose artwork sold for millions and who claimed to be the ...

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When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose. Today, its vision is startlingly relevant.

Carolyn Wargula is Assistant Professor of Art History. She is a specialist of Japanese Buddhist ... how the medium appealed particularly to women as a means to achieve enlightenment and to ...