Is History Repeating Itself? Dr Ioannis Syrigos May 31, 2024 We live in an era where information technology and the internet reign supreme, the dissemination of news has become instantaneous and pervasive. This unprecedented connectivity has laid bare the inner workings of political systems worldwide, often revealing a landscape that appears chaotic and dysfunctional. The transparency afforded by…

How the microbes that make us sick also helped us evolve. Rob Juárez for Noema Magazine FeaturePhilosophy & Culture By Carrie ArnoldJuly 3, 2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Carrie Arnold is a contributing writer for Noema based in Virginia. Sixty-six million years ago, a massive space rock collided with Earth and turned our planet into a smoking hellscape. This…

He has spent his life studying the production and reproduction of social inequality. Ramachandra Guha Sep 08, 2024 · 08:00 am Andre Beteille receives the Padma Bhushan award from the President APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on March 28, 2005. | President’s Secretariat (GODL-India), GODL-India via Wikimedia Commons The Indian scholar I most admire, Professor…

The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it? Benjamin Breen Jun 11, 2024 One of my favorite documentaries is the 2010 French film Babies. Told without narration, it follows four babies in four cultures: Mongolia, Namibia, California, and Japan. Here’s the trailer: I first…

By Prabhat Patnaik (Posted Sep 07, 2024) Democracy in America, from the Early Republic to the Jacksonian Era. (Photo: brewminate.com) Originally published: Peoples Democracy  on September 8, 2024 (more by Peoples Democracy)  |  Class, Democracy, Empire, ImperialismAmericas, Britain, Europe, United Kingdom, United StatesNewswire DURING the entire post-war period when it has been in existence in the metropolitan countries, democracy has never been in as…