Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things

A marvel of evolution is that humans are not solely motivated by their desire to experience positive emotions. They are also motivated, and even driven to achieve, by their attempt...

This essay explores Jack London’s last unfinished novel Cherry. It is read in the context of increasing tensions between the Japanese empire and the United States and Hawaii’s prog...

In Chapter 2 the author proposed that by ‘grey’ in ‘The patch looks grey to you’ we mean two things—the property of being grey, and a certain way of looking (which are distinct thi...

When we claim that some things matter, we might mean only that these things matter to people. Suffering matters, for example, in the sense that people care about suffering. No one ...

Compliance with legal requirements and avoidance of illegal business activities are essential elements to ensure the smooth running of any business. In contrast, ignorance may invi...

This chapter focuses on the novelty of Laurence Sterne. Sterne's early writings consisted mainly of sermons. He won both immediate celebrity and lasting literary fame, however, wit...

The gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade, first chanced upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At fir...

Business is one of the most potent cultural forces today, profoundly affecting every facet of our lives whether we are working in a corporate environment or not. This book surveys ...