Identity is at the heart of much of today’s political conflicts. In his latest book, Fukuyama traces a brief history of how identity came to occupy such a center.

The major foci of Foucault's work were the histories of madness, the social sciences, penitentiaries and sexuality.

Terry Eagleton traces the history of sacrifice in literature and philosophy.

Sometimes the best way to understand a phenomenon is to look at its parody.

In The Courage of Hopelessness, Zizek challenges the reader to act without relying on the false certainties of ready-made discourses.

Two crucial words from Rainer Maria Rilke’s 'Letters to a Young Poet' are missing from John Paul II’s 'Letter to Artists': sex and solitude.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator for the cause of Blessed Óscar Romero, experienced firsthand pushback against the archbishop’s canonization.