Cultural Reader

Martin Heidegger is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, with his ideas profoundly shaping a var...

Karl Marx was not just a philosopher who theorized about the world; he was a revolutionary who believed that understanding the world was onl...

Violence is often understood in its most overt forms - physical aggression, warfare, or explicit threats. However, sociologists and anthropo...

In the realm of legal theory, the act of interpretation plays a decisive and central role. Fundamental questions—such as how judges determin...

In the study of speech act theory, two key concepts— illocutionary acts and perlocutionary acts —are crucial for understanding the dynamics...

Jean-Paul Sartre’s declaration that “ existence precedes essence ” is one of the most iconic and provocative statements in 20th-century exis...

Jean-Paul Sartre’s concept of the self, or "I," is central to his existential philosophy, offering a radical reimagining of human ...