The aftermath of World War II spawned no identifiable Lost Generation, but it did bring a word for intellectuals to play with: existentialism. At first it appeared to be nothing but a new French ...

In the paneled quiet of the Papal Cancelleria last fortnight, eager-eyed young priests leaned forward on elbows shiny from desk-reading; ascetic monks stretched thin necks from their lowered cowls.

I'm interested in three modern philosophies that overlap a lot: Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism. I could be wrong here, but it seems they all start with the same idea--life doesn't have any ...

Two years ago, when I published “The fifth horseman and the new MAD,“ MAD stood for “massive attacks of disruption” — a 21st century replacement for the Cold War MAD, “mutual assured destruction.” The ...

More than 160 years after its publication, 'Madame Bovary' still feels startlingly modern. Gustave Flaubert’s tragic heroine, Emma Bovary, remains one of literature’s most painfully recognisable ...