Twentieth Century Appropriation of Tibetan Buddhist Thought to the West
Can understanding the political trauma of the past help to contextualize the present?
Year: 2019
Understanding Cultural Appropriation
What are the political ramifications of the different ways in which ideas are transferred from one culture to another?
Theories of Religious Violence
How does religious violence occur? How do different ideologies justify violence? What is it about religious violence that seems to make it more violent?
Lead
Is depression something we have or something we are?
Is Religion Inherently More Violent Than Other Ideologies?
Is religion inherently more violent than other ideologies? Do all ideologies have the propensity for violence?
Ribbons
How do you relate to the unrelatable?
The Ambiguous Nature of Personhood
How is a person defined? Is there a construct that accurately addresses the complexity of personhood?
Rethinking Pinker: Nature, Nurture, and Some Writing on the Slate
Regarding the nature vs. nurture debate, does modern research support Pinker’s emphasis on nature, or has the field taken it in a different trajectory?
The Slow Lonely Moments
Is it better to have it all or to lose it all?
Summer
Are there pre-existing conditions to our lives? Do we come into a world that’s already holding us back? How do we escape the restrictions set for our individual personhoods?
