The Students of Sex and Culture
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Zora Neale Hurston—spurred on by Franz Boas—revolutionized the way we think about humanity.
Latest
Illustration: Emily Haasch; Library of Congress When Truth and Reason Are No Longer Enough
In his new book, Steven Pinker is curiously blind to the power and benefits of small-town values.
Gracìa Lam In Defense of Play
The “elaborate detour” of having fun pays cognitive dividends.
Rodi Said / Reuters How Animals Think
A new look at what humans can learn from nonhuman minds
Christopher Neal How an 18th-Century Philosopher Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis
David Hume, the Buddha, and a search for the Eastern roots of the Western Enlightenment
Getty
