The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is neither a history of economics, nor a religious history. It borrows from both, but is stranger than either.
- Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
The ideas of Rousseau reflect many of our own deepest commitments and patterns of thought.
It’s a phrase often bandied around – but what does it mean? And how relevant is the notion of ‘the end of history’ today?
In today’s world, propaganda thrives and manipulation is rife, but in ways that Orwell never envisioned.
We often hear that most people throughout history believed the world was flat. But that’s not entirely true.
While it’s tempting to dismiss conspiracy theorists as nothing more than a loopy minority, on a growing range of contemporary issues they in fact make up a loud and vocal majority. Consider the nearly…
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