René Girard is best known for his theory of ‘mimetic desire’. Now Peter Thiel and the vice-president are among his fans ...

A stupid term is still stupid even if someone else uses it stupidly.

Sens ta’ Ħarifa, Kurt Borg’s intimate and philosophical essay collection invites readers to embrace uncertainty, empathy, and ...

Quarantines and the evacuation of places of disease have been standard measures globally to contain epidemics for centuries, ...

Ten brilliant philosophy books that immerse you in mind-bending questions of identity, ethics, reality, and meaning. You’re ...

KPFA first took to the airwaves on April 15, 1949. To mark the station’s 76th birthday, we present excerpts of interviews we’ve conducted with Jane Fonda; Louise Erdrich; Agustín Fuentes (about human ...

A common question and practical issue all painters face at a certain point is how to finish the edges of a canvas.