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Culture
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing...
Lauren Halsey
The Roof Garden Commission
Lauren Halsey’s diverse artistic influences, including Afrofuturism, ancient Egyptian iconography, and the architecture and community in her native Los Angeles, feature prominently in her latest site-specific installation...
533 Days
The noted Dutch poet and novelist Cees Nooteboom reflects on the life of the mind through a reexamination of books, music, art, travel, and gardening“Nooteboom’s real subject is the one that’s defined his career...
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Memory Map
Five decades of work by groundbreaking Indigenous artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Throughout her career as artist, activist, and educator, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940) has forged a personal yet accessible...
The Two Moralities
Conservatives, Liberals, and the Roots of Our Political Divide
The most complete picture to date of the moral worlds of the political left and right and how their different views relate to specific political issues The left and right will always have strong policy disagreements...
Martin Heidegger's Changing Destinies
Catholicism, Revolution, Nazism
A portrait of Martin Heidegger as a man and a philosopher In this biography of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), now available in English, historian Guillaume Payen synthesizes the connections between the German...
Psychonauts
Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects...
Spain
The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country
An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond Spain’s transition to democracy after Franco’s long dictatorship was widely hailed as a success, ushering in three...
Always Reaching
The Selected Writings of Anne Truitt
An expansive collection of texts providing insight into the inner life, creativity, and practice of the innovative American artist Anne Truitt Spanning more than fifty years, this comprehensive volume collects the...
A World Safe for Democracy
Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era, selected as a Best Book of 2021 by Foreign Affairs “A thoughtful and profound defence of liberal...