From the first coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire to Boston’s London Coffee House, cafes have always been an egalitarian ...
Many notable thinkers were produced during these times ... emerging only through Renaissance and Enlightenment. Syed Muhammed Zafar in his book Democracy and Islam in History has mentioned that ...
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, ...
OPINION Matt Garvin I, like many others have been doing some reflection following last week’s election result. I am more and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...