From the first coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire to Boston’s London Coffee House, cafes have always been an egalitarian ...

New Orleans' Cafe du Monde, founded in 1862, is a fixture in the French Quarter for its coffee and beignets. Whether it's for a cup of Joe, a heady conversation, or simply a place to start the day, ...

During the Middle Ages ... leading to the Enlightenment, where thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau articulated notions of personal liberty and social contract.

Le Café de Surate’ published in 1790 is an important glimpse into the history of the mercantile and port city as a ...

At some point during the Commonwealth summit in Samoa ... back on us and judge us for having failed to reach their levels of enlightenment. So there is an arrogance to the prevailing approach ...

During this time, France abolished the monarchy ... Influenced by the rationalist ideas and moral seriousness of such Enlightenment thinkers as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and inspired by ...

The Rousseau-Kant-Hegel line then finally subjected ... Above all, however, Strauss seeks to make use of the Enlightenment ...

A few scholars have even argued that a resacralisation took place alongside secularisation during the 18th century. Jacob is obviously well aware of all this. In this regard, her title, The Secular ...

This year’s Busan Biennale, inspired by David Graeber’s notion of ‘pirate enlightenment’, offers a glimpse into ... Thomas Hobbes (Jacques Servin from The Yes Men), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Savitri D ...

Some French philosophers, notably Jean le Rond d’Alembert and, surprisingly, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, spurned Catherine’s blandishments ... The author is clearly as sure-footed an expert on the French ...