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Marx Was Right, but So Was Jesus: Sunday Rituals Through Bourdieu, Marx, and the Postcolonial Lens
In post-apartheid South Africa, where class divides remain entrenched and youth unemployment persists at staggering levels, religious practice among young people offers a revealing...
“An Illustrious War”: The Human Origins of Geopolitics
Abstract: Scholars and diplomats have traditionally identifiedpower as the driving goal of states and empires. Generally ignored, however, is that operationally-useful definitions of power...
The Global Crisis of Bullshit Culture and Media Manipulation
The American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt's 2005 book, On Bullshit (originally an article from 1986), offers a theory of bullshit that defines the term...
Prerequisite for Planetary Survival: The Design of Alternative World Futures
Abstract: This article calls for applying intellectual ingenuity to our planet’s core survival problems: nuclear war; injustice; economic inequality and ecological catastrophe. A necessary...
Amending Heraclitus: Climate Change, CoP Remains the same
The recent (nomadically arranged Climate event called Review Mechanism – Conference of the Parties to the UN FCCC, or shortly) COP – this time...
Analyzing the Alienation Caused by Hyper-Connectivity in a Digital Age Through Heidegger’s Philosophy
Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, introduced the concept of “Being-in-the-World” (Dasein), emphasizing the interconnectedness of human existence...
Can the memory of our common European past help us save our Future?
The post-coronavirus digital era in Europe might remind us of the famous Heraclitus quote «Everything changes». Right now, we’re all moving in a universe...
Freedom: Different Societies, Different Perspectives
The human struggle over the course of history is to attain freedom, as the great German Philosopher Hegel said “History is a march towards...
Evaluating Epicurus on God and Evil: An Agnostic Perspective
Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, is well-known for his hedonistic ethics and his critique of superstition and theism. He founded the school of thought...
Space Odyssey Of Humanity – Introduction
The work before the reader is an attempt to shape the self-awareness of modern man as a cosmic being endeavoring to create a humane...