For much of the 19th century, Ireland seemed “simply out of time with the modern world”, as Enda Delaney writes in his ...

Modernity should not just be a project for the elite and the wealthy, but should educate the common people and benefit the poor. It is a grave mistake to consider modernity a lofty thought that does ...

Modernity seems to produce its own specific pathologies. These pathologies are present as global catastrophes, such as global wars, climate crises, and genocides, or as more “common” and almost ...

The famously cute and sweet side of the Netherlands — with its canals, windmills, and tulip fields — is indeed a delight to ...

Muqtedar Khan teaches at the University of Delaware. He is a co-founder of the Delaware Council for Global and Muslim Affairs and is on Twitter. Updated December 6, 2015, 11:09 PM How can we wrap our ...

The youth-led protests that eventually brought down Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina were sparked, in part, by his ...

One of the most useful concepts for understanding the world today is the late Marxist sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s brainchild “liquid modernity.” I used it in The Benedict Option, and continue to find ...

The events of the 11 September have stirred up a sometimes acrimonious debate about Islam and modernity. Some commentators in the West say the two are not compatible. Others, including many Muslims, ...