Could or even should humanity spend 10,000 years deciding on its future? Some of Oxford’s leading professors seem to think so…

A grand narrative built on a shaky foundation.

Proposing a way to classify thinkers.

Talking about tragedy — in order to prevent the next one.

We have to be able to separate the literal and political interpretations of slogans; semiotics tells us how.

What does a Pixar film have to do with French literature? Quite a lot, it turns out.

What’s so fascinating about the Lombard warrior, whose tale was told by Jorge Luis Borges?