In A World Appears, Michael Pollan wonders if the search for consciousness might be a socially (and scientifically) acceptable proxy for the search for the soul.
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The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.
Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.
Not quite, writes an expert on Christian worship. Chatbots do not have human experience of love – and, above all, they lack a soul.
Her music can be found on dad rock compilations and on the set lists at drag nights.
On Valentine’s Day, a scholar of South Asian religions tells the story of the divine love of Radha and Krishna and the lessons in it for our world today.
The fundamental issue at stake in abortion debates is personhood, which is viewed differently around the world, an anthropologist writes.
The afterlife envisioned by spiritualism appealed to women who rejected the idea that their unbaptized children could be damned to hell.
Hindu philosophy believes the soul to be immortal. Death is considered to be the end of only physical incarnation, as the soul continues its journey of multiple births until its final liberation.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
A first-century B.C. Roman poet and philosopher, Lucretius was worried that our fear of death could lead to irrational beliefs and actions that could harm society.
Whether the sins of our past stay with us forever has become a pertinent question of our time. A philosopher argues we don’t need to carry our past burdens – although there are some moral conditions.
A year after Prince’s death, fans the world over are still coming to terms with the loss of an uncompromising musical and cultural visionary.
Something really magical is happening at the intersection between jazz and hip-hop at the moment. Many of the artists involved will be playing at Africa’s foremost jazz festival.
Clyde Stubblefield, the James Brown drummer who created the most sampled drum track in the history of popular music, rarely got the credit he deserved.
In a gloomy year filled, a number of artists with an Afrofuturist perspective gave hope with inspired works of art.
It is more than just his music that has made Bruce Springsteen one of the world’s most influential rock stars. His progressive politics has made him the voice for many people around the world.
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Performance, University of Westminster
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Professor of Screen Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in Politics, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver
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PhD Candidate and Public Scholar, Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College
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Ph.D. Student of Cognitive Science, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of History, University of Arizona
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Reader in the Department of Music, University of Liverpool
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Faculty Associate, PhD Candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Arizona State University
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Instructor of Philosophy, Arizona State University