By Slavoj Žižek, Global Eminent Scholar at Kyung Hee University We celebrate World Philosophy Day every third Thursday in November. This year it fell on Nov. 20. So let’s use this opportunity to ...

World Philosophy Day, observed on 20th November, invites people across the world to pause and reflect on the ideas shaping human life. In 2025, philosophy is no longer confined to lecture halls or ...

We commonly assume that anti-Semitism and related attitudes are a product of ignorance and fear, or fanatical beliefs, or some other irrational force. But it is by now well known that some of the most ...

Recently, someone asked me what I have my degree in. When I said “philosophy,” they told me I have a vanity degree. This misperception, unfortunately, isn’t uncommon, especially in business. In a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...