The idea that success is deserved has great traction in the world. But Zhuangzi argues that it is a deeply flawed notion ...

From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed ...

Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique ...

I’m standing on a beach at Workington, on the western edge of the Lake District in England. Here I find myself contemplating a very unnatural object, while pondering a pretty fundamental question: ...

One of the cardinal rules of museum-going is that art should be enjoyed from a comfortable distance and never touched. However, in the 1960s, a cohort of artists began inviting audiences to interact ...