Resources in the Spotlight: Humanities

This book is about love in the classical world - not erotic passion but the love that binds together intimate members of a family and close friends, but may also include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply. Among the topics discussed are friendship, loyalty, gratitude, grief, and civic solidarity. Summary taken from the book.

Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy--a few famous, all short, none trivial. Summary taken from book.

Taken from the book: To make it easier for people to read this wonderful and important book, the editor of this volume has edited all 15 chapters into more readable prose and has added many footnotes to facilitate understanding and explain Darwin’s thinking. The editor has also indicated where Darwin was correct and where he was wrong.

Concise collection of primary sources from both the American and Vietnamese sides,

Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, the fight for a $15 minimum wage—these are just a few of the remarkable movements that have blossomed in the past decade, a most fertile and productive era of activism. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, the leaders and activists of these and other movements distill their wisdom, sharing lessons of what makes—and what hinders—transformative social change.