Higher Ed Gamma

Addiction through the lens of the arts and the humanities.

By Steven Mintz

How existentialism shaped—and then faded from—modern thought.

By Steven Mintz

In hyperreality, truth is a construct, fact is a matter of perception and the line between reality and fiction disappears.

By Steven Mintz

How a focus on children’s inner life created a culture of stress.

By Steven Mintz

How the imaginative worlds created in fiction shape human perception, emotions and values.

By Steven Mintz

The declining philosophical, psychological and sociological ambitions of modern fiction.

By Steven Mintz

The meaning, history and power of celebrity.

By Steven Mintz

Food in history, literature and politics.

By Steven Mintz