Fara Dabhoiwala

Becoming Amartya Sen

In his memoir Home in the World the pathbreaking economist and moral philosopher looks back on his much-traveled, multicultural childhood, education, and early academic career.

Home in the World

by Amartya Sen

December 8, 2022 issue

Apotheosis Now

What does it mean when men are worshiped, willingly or not, as gods?

Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

by Anna Della Subin

January 13, 2022 issue

The Elusive Wit of the Mahatma

August 19, 2021 issue

Imperial Delusions

From the late eighteenth century onward, the British justified their empire with a continually updated ideology of moral purpose and historical necessity.

Time’s Monster: How History Makes History

by Priya Satia

Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities

by Mahmood Mamdani

Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination

by Adom Getachew

July 1, 2021 issue

Letter

Antoine Panaïoti

The Elusive Wit of the Mahatma

August 19, 2021 issue

Measuring Slavery’s Impact

November 19, 2020 issue

Fires during the Haitian Revolution; engraving by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy, circa 1791

Speech and Slavery in the West Indies

Slavery was foundational to Britain’s prosperity and rise to global power.

The Freedom of Speech: Talk and Slavery in the Anglo-Caribbean World

by Miles Ogborn

Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

by Vincent Brown

Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire

by Tom Zoellner

August 20, 2020 issue

Letter

David Eltis

Measuring Slavery’s Impact

November 19, 2020 issue

John Theobald Marshall: Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, circa 1871

Bed, Bench & Beyond

A Day at Home in Early Modern England: Material Culture and Domestic Life, 1500–1700

by Tara Hamling and Catherine Richardson

March 26, 2020 issue