This article is from the archive of our partner . Analyzing these words as used in books is a way to highlight a culture's consciousness, they told The Atlantic Wire: "The words in a book reflect what ...

History has shown that the law can be used to justify cruelty and oppression, and that morality must come first in order to ...

The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has described what he calls the euphemism treadmill: "Terms for concepts in emotionally charged spheres of life such as sex, excretion, aging, and disease ...

Social media is changing the character of our political conversations. As many have pointed out, our attention is a scarce resource that politicians and journalists are constantly fighting to attract, ...

In Theater of the Word:Selfhood in the English Morality Play, Julie Paulson sheds new light on medieval constructions of the self as they emerge from within a deeply sacramental culture. The book ...

The attempt to legislate morality has a rich heritage in this country. The ostensible goal is to achieve what is good for all. But I think usually the most driven zealots in any particular case are ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . Analyzing these words as used in books is a way to highlight a culture's consciousness, they told The Atlantic Wire: "The words in a book reflect what ...