By David Glandon
The “golden mean” is a concept made popular by Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers of all time. This idea involves setting up an imaginary scale between two personality traits that are opposite from one another, and saying that the center between those two extremes is the optimal way to live. One […]
The most recent IQ offers student perspectives on interdisciplinary social issues. Points of departure include race, class, economics, and politics. We explore the ways in which socioeconomic dynamics inform and shape identity—from the past to the present. We also consider the ways in which characters struggle to make a difference despite injustice and oppression from the margins of […]
By Max Matheu
Identity loss and acquisition is a crucial aspect of the human condition. To define oneself through different cultural, religious, and social lenses remains a fixture of Western Civilization. In the contemporary period, the resurgence of tribalism and the creation of identity politics have both played roles in furthering identity beyond antiquated definitions […]
By Megan Attwood
Big Brother is already watching, but does the warning in George Orwell’s 1984 still hold true in the twenty-first century? In 1984, the ministries of Truth, Love, and War controlled Oceania by lying to the public, monitoring their actions and thoughts, and maintaining a constant war no matter the enemy. Today, those […]
Book Review
By Dr. Jessica Magnani
In his introduction to The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, Robert Frodeman argues that “interdisciplinarity represents a resurgence of interest in a larger view of things,” (xxxi) and consequently a shift away from the insularity of disciplinary thinking, a sentiment echoed in […]
By K. Keene
The politically turbulent Spring & Autumn Annals and period of the Warring States were times of intense social unrest in early China. These periods were responsible for the degradation of the standard ethical practices of the time and imposed extreme hardships on the […]
“IDS was the BEST class that I have ever had!”
~Seminole IDS Student, 2014
“I currently hold a research internship at Morton Plant Hospital and I wouldn’t be able to perform […]