An interdisciplinary journal published by MIT on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, each quarterly issue invites a number of prominent writers addressing a particular theme.

Articles Featured in our Library:

In this essay, Judith Shklar (not a Buddhist) ponders the implications of placing cruelty first (as the Buddha did). She shows how this position stands at odds with both Christian piety and neoliberal apathy and carves out a more realistic humanism than either extreme.

Featured in the course, " The Practice of Buddhism"
Genetics, biosocial groups & the future of identity (2006) – Ian Hacking

The Idea of Nature in America (2008) – Leo Marx

Targeted groups came to be attributed a biological or timeless essence, not because this was inevitable, we argue, but because of these failures to historicize inequality.

Sexual Harassment of Women Leaders (2020) – Olle Folke, Johanna Rickne, Seiki Tanaka, and Yasuka Tateishi

The End of Arms Control? (2020) – Linton F. Brooks

The Moral Economy of High-Tech Modernism (2023) – Henry Farrell and Marion Fourcade