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Social Movements
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Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.
"Groupthink" gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
John Templeton Foundation
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.
Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
Satanic cultists don't even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
The acceptance of fashionable nonsense is a threat to Enlightenment values and public health.
An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.
For decades, the Communist Party of China has relied on reeducation camps to reform "parasites" and persuade people to support the communist cause.
An upstart third party is unlikely to dislodge the status quo in the current system.
Can a shared language promote peace? Some people think so.
Moral panics about the content of children's cartoons and other forms of entertainment have a long history.
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Branding isn’t buzz — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years.
And debate over it started soon after.
Diplomacy is war by other means.
Elon Musk's successful bid to take over Twitter has fragmented the internet along predictably partisan lines. But only time will tell whether this is a good or bad thing.
Scientology, QAnon, and Heaven’s Gate: why do we seek healing from cults?
Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry.
Like witchcraft, "racecraft" refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.
As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don't some consider it philosophy?
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?
For some people, there is only one thing to live for. They commit their entire being to that thing. They are dangerous.
Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here's how to build an effective program.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.