As CBC searches for B.C.'s best symbol, experts weigh in on how symbols endure over time and their complex histories.

Watches are generally considered to be a blend between wearable art and a status symbol. Yet, for most intelligent people, ...

St. Michael’s Sword” is a line that follows the locations of seven sanctuaries dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel from ...

Therefore it’s an existential and metaphysical mistake to conflate the brain with thought. A quantum leap is involved going from the brain producing the consciousness we know, to the brain being a ...

Six justices rewarded the Trump administration’s bad behavior—and they did not even tell the American people why.

Degrees are still status symbols to the highly intelligent, even if they don’t lead to a highly-paid job. A degree is a sign ...

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, has turned 90. He celebrated his birthday on Sunday.

Thus, scholars have looked to Italian literature for possible sources of inspiration for the Sacro Bosco’s inscrutable sculptures.

Symbol, myth, and culture : essays and lectures of Ernst Cassirer, 1935-1945 by Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945 Publication date 1979 Topics Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945, Philosophy, Civilization -- ...

Parliamentarians likely will get a chance later this year to debate whether to adopt a livestock brand as an official national symbol. A bill to create the brand was introduced earlier in June by ...

The political row over use of Bharat Mata imagery reveals how an image that aided anti-colonial resistance became a potent and divisive tool for Hindu nationalists to question secular identity.

What happened to Jayne Mansfield? Inside the life and career of the iconic actress and sex symbol Hargitay, Mansfield's daughter, directed the new HBO doc about the '50s bombshell.