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Carved into the stone of the ancient temple of Apollo at Delphi was the injunction to ‘know thyself’. Without such knowledge we are tossed this way and that by forces we neither suspect nor understand. Knowing ourselves helps explain our predicament; and doing so is greatly aided by understanding an aspect of the way in which the brain constructs the world.   I believe we have adopted a limited vision of a very particular type, and precisely because it is limited we cannot se

Introduction My philosophy aims at an ordering of rank: not at an individualistic morality. The ideas of the herd should rule in the...

Introduction   Legal dramas often focus on the climax of courtroom arguments and verdicts. In doing so, they gloss over crucial aspects...

The emergence of blockchain technology is creating solutions to key issues that stateless people face. Stateless people and their...

Professor Judith Butler is a world-renowned philosopher and theorist whose writing has made them a household name. Their work has shaped...

Professor Jan-Werner Müller is the Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics at Princeton University. He has published many books—including  Contesting Democracy  (Yale University Press 2011), What is Populism?  (University of Pennsylvania Press 2016), and Democracy Rules  (Penguin 2021)—and voluminously in academic journals and public fora including the Guardian , The New York Times , and Project Syndicate .   This interview was conducted o

The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art is pleased to announce its 2025 Essay Prizes in Law, Politics, and Art.   An...

There is a certain irony in a prisoner of law receiving a prize given by lawyers. Something must have gone very wrong when one who...

Soheila Sokhanvari is a British-Iranian artist whose diverse practice delves into the complexities of identity, politics, and social...

I. Introduction Jonathan Sumption—once described by The Guardian  as ‘the brain of Britain’—is a professional historian and former...

When is an artwork finished?   Ann Landi, a contributing Editor of ARTnews , wrote an article that explored the question of when an...

Preamble   ‘Tunisia will remain a state that will fight for the oppressed (or stand with the oppressed) and prevail for the victims of...

Abstract   Sweden is globally considered not only a country with generous refugee reception policies but also a leading example of...

Abdelkhalig Shaib is a Sudanese attorney and member of the American and New York Bar Associations, who specializes in constitutionalism...

Yasmin Ullah is a Rohingya author, poet, and human rights activist based in Canada. Born in the North Arakan state of Myanmar/Burma, she...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, just over seventy-five years ago the international community embraced the Universal Declaration...

Marzia Babakarkhail, a former family law judge in Afghanistan during the 1990s, has dedicated her career to justice. In the wake of the...

Jay Abdo is a Syrian actor and human rights activist, who has featured in various films and television shows in the Middle East and...