Richard Rorty (1931–2007) was undoutedly one of the most renowned intellectuals of his generation. This volume contains eighteen published and unpublished essays from the last decade of Rorty’s lif...

This book by Mabogo Percy More, the author of a number of books on African philosophy and anti-black racism, analyzes the views of Black Consciousness activist Steve Biko on race and racism in Sout...

The world was surprised when the news broke that Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Though Dylan is known as an iconic singer/songwriter of the 1960s with his pioneering...

Jan Kavan was one of the most active émigrés who fled Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring. As his mother was British, Kavan settled in London. A devout socialist, he founded the Palach Press Agency and established a smuggling network for circulating banned literature to and from Czechoslovakia. Kavan was also active in the European Nuclear Disarmament movement. On his return to Czechoslovakia in 1990, Kavan held several important posts, including that of foreign minister of (...) the Czech Republic and president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Based largely on archival documents, this essay sheds light on some of the more controversial aspects of Kavan’s personality, life, and work. (shrink)

Martin Rees is a renowned astronomer who has written a number of thought-provoking books. On the Future tackles the question of humanity’s future and the challenges facing it. Unlike many other aut...

The European Legacy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 424-425, June 2012.

Volume 24, Issue 7-8, November - December 2019, Page 876-880.

Volume 25, Issue 6, September 2020, Page 697-702.

The issue of universities in the United States and their purpose has long been the subject of vigorous debate. Indeed, institutions of higher learning in the twenty-first century have undergone a m...