Nathan Glazer was the rare social scientist who was as indifferent to grand theorizing as he was to ideological consistency... more »
In the last decades of the 19th century, séances abounded, and austere sects speculated about geology. Darwin’s world was awash with spiritualized science... more »
One notable thing about Stefan Zweig’s writing is how varied the reactions to it have been — in his own time and our own... more »