One of the things I want to argue in my next book is that ecstatic experiences have been pathologised in the secular west, to our detriment. People still experience ecstasy – by which I mean moments where we go beyond … Continue reading
We recently asked three of our early-career scholars – Sarah Crook, Richard Firth-Godbehere, and Chris Millard – to tell us what they thought about the history of emotions and how it connected with their research. Here’s what they told us … Continue reading
The physicist Lawrence Krauss recently argued that education should teach all children the central tenet of science – ‘nothing is sacred’. Not God, not human rights, not democracy, not the environment. Nothing. Emile Durkheim, one of the founding fathers of … Continue reading
Last month I interviewed Sir Gus O’Donnell for a forthcoming Radio 4 programme about the revival of Aristotle’s idea of flourishing in public policy. Sir Gus is one of the pioneers of a new movement called the politics of well-being, … Continue reading