Sean Dorrance Kelly is chair of Harvard University’s philosophy department and has published on topics like cognitive science, philosophy of…
The shining and the shiny: An interview with Sean Dorrance Kelly
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Both an influential scholar and a public intellectual, Robert Bellah is one of the foremost sociologists of his generation. His…
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Jeffrey Kripal, who chairs the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University, is an authority on the mysterious. His books…
Implicated and enraged: An interview with Judith Butler
Judith Butler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is among the leading social theorists alive today. Her most…
The science of people power: An interview with Gene Sharp
Gene Sharp is the foremost strategist of nonviolent social change alive today. He holds a doctorate in political theory from…
What is Oprah?: An interview with Kathryn Lofton
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Greedy time: An interview with Patrick Lee Miller
Patrick Lee Miller is an assistant professor of philosophy at Duquesne University and the author of Becoming God: Pure Reason…