Three angels hosted by Abraham, Ludovico Carracci, c. 1610-1612

Xenophilia: Golden Rule of the Stranger

Unfortunately, we all know what “xenophobia” means. Derived from the ancient Greek words for “stranger” and “fear,” it’s defined as the fear or hate of the foreign or alien person...
Poster for the film The Deadly Mantis, 1957

The War on Bugs

...and aggression. “Magnification of power or size—e.g., giant insects (and other exaggerated animalcules)—is another mode of symbol formation,” writes professor of philosophy Noël Carroll. “Often magnification takes a particular phobia...
Fredric Jameson, 2008

Verbatim: Fredric Jameson

Literary critic, critical theorist, philosopher, Marxist: Fredric Jameson died last month at the age of ninety. In his long career, he wrote more than thirty books and many more articles...
Orpheus by George de Forest Brush, 1890

Francis Bacon’s Fables of Life Extension

...mournful song that harmonizes nature. For Bacon, the songs represent, respectively, science and political philosophy. The lessons here are that scientific research could succeed in extending life if its practitioners...
Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett, 2009

New Atheism and the Trouble with Literalism

English literature scholar David Hawkes describes the New Atheism movement of the early 2000s as “arguably the first genuinely popular movement in the world of ideas for several decades.” Hawkes...

In the Stereoscope, Another World

...and city streets. For the inquiring, they were a means to talk about science, vision, veracity, and even philosophy. According to science historian Robert J. Silverman, stereography was immediately recognized...
Casa Malaparte

The Ins and Outs of Architecture

...Why Architects Need Philosophy to Guide the AI Design Revolution Nayef Al-Rodhan July 18, 2024 Architecture in the age of AI—argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan—should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary...
Surrealist artists at the first Surrealist Exhibition to be held in London. Back row, from left, are Rupert Lee, Ruthven Todd, Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard, Roland Penrose, Herbert Read, E LT Mesens, George Reavey and Hugh Sykes-Davies. Front row, from left, Diana Lee, Nusch Eluard, Eileen Agar, Sheila Legge and unknown.

Surrealism at 100: A Reading List

...directions, such as Koga Harue, who replicated depictions of scientific innovations in his paintings, and Zhao Shou, who involved Eastern philosophy in his approach to the avant-garde. Sheryl Conkelton, “American...
A cover for The Power of Non-violence by Richard Gregg

Richard Gregg: An American Pioneer of Nonviolence Remembered 

By 1957, Martin Luther King Jr. was the nation’s best-known practitioner of nonviolent direct action. That year, he was asked to name the five texts that most influenced him. He...
Portrait of Aldous Huxley, 1920s

When Aldous Huxley Dropped Acid

...artist, embarked on a journey that left a lasting mark on philosophy, literature, and our understanding of the human mind. Support JSTOR Daily! Join our membership program on Patreon today....