CULTURE
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Complexity | Eurozine
In Wespennest, complexity scientist Stefan Thurner speaks to editor Andrea Zederbauer and literary scholar Thomas Eder about our evolving understanding…
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No longer a victim | Eurozine
Bundesheer poster, Vienna, 30 November 2024. Image by Sarah Waring The poster needed a double take: three action-ready figures dressed…
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Class struggle is real | Eurozine
All people are intellectuals but not everyone in society is given the role of intellectual Antonio Gramsci Chaussée Ménilmontant barricade,…
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The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony
This week, Brian Wilson became the last of the Wilson brothers to shuffle off this mortal coil. Dennis, the first…
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Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson
That Wes Anderson is perhaps the most assiduous maker of short films today becomes clear when you look closely at…
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An Introduction to George Orwell’s 1984 and How Power Manufactures Truth
Soon after the first election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four became…
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When the State Department Used Dizzy Gillespie and Jazz to Fight the Cold War (1956)
It’s been said that the United States won the Cold War without firing a shot — a statement, as P.…
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Wim Wenders’ New Short Film Reminds Europe of the Lessons of World War II
World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945. It followed, by less than three weeks, an equally momentous event,…
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Harvard Lets You Take 133 Free Online Courses: Explore Courses on Justice, American Government, Literature, Religion, CompSci & More
Image by Rizka, via Wikimedia Commons In South Korea, where I live, there may be no brand as respected as…
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The World’s Oldest Homework: A Look at Babylonian Math Homework from 4,000 Years Ago
Homework has lately become unfashionable, at least according to what I’ve heard from teachers in certain parts of the United…
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