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The main body of the catalogue is general essays about emotions in antiquity, the middle ages and modern neuro-sciences, as well as essays dedicated to the main sections of the exhibition (The Art of Emotions, the Spaces of Emotions, Conflicting...

The first line of one of the oldest poems in Western literature, Homer’s “Iliad,” begins with the ancient Greek word for anger, or superanger: wrath. And from that emotion an entire epic driven by hatred, hubris, lust, grief and violence spins out....

In 1927, entirely unknown and at the absurdly young age of thirty-one, Ernst Kantorowicz, Professor (1951–63) in the School of Historical Studies, had stunned the academic world when he published the first biography ever written of a man loved and...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science and emeritus editor of Dissent, builds upon his article "The Idea of Resistance," published by the magazine in 1960.

Resistance is a very old form of political action—much older than...

I never imagined I would do a catalogue raisonné, but I’ve always been interested in such books. Even in literature, I like to get the complete writings of a writer in order to get a full picture—to get an idea of what a writer, an artist...

In this video from the 2017 Breakthrough Prize Symposium, Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics and 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics Laureate, discusses unity in mathematics through an explanation of the...

Solidarity with comrades abroad is the oldest definition of left internationalism. We look for people who are fighting for equality, democracy, and freedom anywhere in the world, and we join their fight. Think of this as the foreign policy of the...

In the last 65 years of biology, we have witnessed three changes in the dominant paradigm employed to make progress in the life sciences; the systems biology of organisms (300 BC to 1950 AD), molecular biology and genetics employing a reductionist...

The Institute for Advanced Study, since its founding in 1930, has aspired to provide an unbiased environment for international scholars to pursue vital and groundbreaking work in the sciences and humanities. Its mission is to recruit the world’s...

As part of the Ideas Roadshow series "Research Insights," Scott Tremaine, Richard Black Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, discusses astrophysical wonders, including comets, Pluto, planetary rings, shepherding satellites, exoplanets, chaos...