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Why Physics Needs Poetry

Why Physics Needs Poetry By Alissa Jones Nelson “Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe. We need the languages of both science and poetry to save us from merely Read more…

November 14, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

Why Be Virtuous?

Why Be Virtuous? By F. Samuel Brainard In the final days of October, more than a dozen pipe bombs were sent by a political fanatic to members of the opposing political party in the U.S.; Read more…

November 7, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

Accountability or Objectivity? Being a Scholar in an Age of Crisis

Accountability or Objectivity? By Kocku von Stuckrad Are scholars the guardians of the Grail of Truth? Is there a truth that scholars have to insist on over against the “invention of Read more…

October 31, 2018

Art and Fiction

Cleo Mikutta: // \\, Part 2

// \\ By Cleo Mikutta – II – // ‘You remind me of him,’ she said quietly, speaking to him through the flames, saying the words more to herself than to him. He watched Read more…

October 26, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

Art-Work in the Age of Trump

Art-Work in the Age of Trump By Rachel Alliston Last August, at a Counterpoint conference in Berlin, Anthea Butler gave a keynote speech on the intersection of religious practice, religious freedom, and the secular state. Read more…

October 24, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

On Fighting Well

On Fighting Well By John Thatamanil Can we find certain convictions abhorrent without abhorring those who subscribe to them? Put crudely, can we refuse to hate the haters? If it is possible, is it also Read more…

October 17, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

Against Academic Oligarchy

Against Academic Oligarchy By Zairong Xiang As usual, I found myself in a room full of scholars from a variety of demographic backgrounds as well as “ranks” in the academic ladder. The topic was the Read more…

October 10, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

The Flint Knapper Who Cried “Snake”

The Flint Knapper Who Cried “Snake” By Sarah Pike During the Closing Circle of Rabbitstick Primitive Skills Gathering, a flint knapper (who shapes rocks by hand to make stone tools) asked the participants, “How do Read more…

October 3, 2018

Art and Fiction

Cleo Mikutta: \\ //, Part 4

\\ // By Cleo Mikutta – IV – \\ Her eyes rest on the pins, there on the wooden floor, sharp, metallic bodies, there on the floor, there, in the plastic box, there, with Read more…

September 27, 2018

Counterpoint Blog

Our Hitch-Up Culture

Our Hitch-Up Culture By Anna Mercedes I teach in an American university culture where there is a lot of concern about the students’ casual hook-up culture—a too-fast coupling without long-term Read more…

September 26, 2018