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Feb 18, 2021 · Syndicate this essay. The early 1990s was a moment of fragile hope and anxiety in India. The nation had just ‘opened up’ its economy to join the world of free markets, a post-Cold War ‘end of history’ global world. The seductive formula held out the promise of foreign investments, high economic growth, and of unleashing the caged spirit ...
Acid media. How perforated squares of trippy blotter paper allowed outlaw chemists and wizard-alchemists to dose the world with LSD. Erik Davis. Culture Essays from Aeon on topics that animate human cultures, from stories and literature to rituals and celebrations, art and architecture to our relationship with the natural world.
Feb 20, 2024 · But, in a world defined by growing anger at inequality and plutocracy, liberal socialism is worthy of our loyalty. Political philosophy History Politics and government. 20 February 2024. Syndicate this essay. As the crisis of democracy deepens, we must return to liberalism’s revolutionary and egalitarian roots.
May 13, 2024 · His most recent book is The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well (2024). Edited by Nigel Warburton. 2,900 words. Syndicate this essay. In 2018, a tragic period enveloped the University of Bristol, when several students killed themselves related to work stress. Suicide is usually the ultimate culmination of a crisis in mental ...
A series of animated illusions illustrates how we project depth on to flat surfaces. 8 minutes. More. Psychology Essays from Aeon. World-leading psychologists, neuroscientists and science writers explore topics from personality to neurodiversity, consciousness and altered states to mental health, identity and more.
Nov 23, 2023 · It’s not in the interests of the ordinary person but it’s not a conspiracy either. A cashless society is a system run amok. Protesters gather in London in July 2023 against digital currencies, among other causes. Photo by Martin Pope/SOPA/Getty. is a journalist, campaigner and the author of The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking ...
Oct 2, 2018 · Tracing the place of women in societies without writing often means using clues left, quite literally, in the fabric of material culture, such as painted ceramics that mimic both textile designs and female bodies in their forms and elaborate decorative structures.
