3 months ago
Legitimacy and Values in Climate Policy
Post-industrial and ultra-technological societies have rigorously separated the stories of human values and those of the earth’s nature and climate. Human civilizations have been fully dependent on the wilderness of …
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3 months ago
The End of the “World”
And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disappointed. And those who expected signs and archangels’ trumps Do not believe it is happening now. Czesław Miłosz, A Song on the …
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3 months ago
War, Aid and Atmosphere: The ‘Compassionate Worsening’ of Gaza
In a recent article, “Compassionate Genocide” (22 April 2024), the philosopher Michael Marder coined the striking and useful titular oxymoron to characterise the situation in Gaza. The meaning of this …
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3 months ago
Beyond Ukraine’s War Slogans: Why Both “Moral Obligation” and “Forced Peace” Fail
“I have spent my life talking to people who run countries,” Tucker interjects to his vis-à-vis, who asked why he refrained from challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview. …
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4 months ago
The Obsession with ‘Style’ in Contemporary Aesthetics
While scrolling through social media such as Instagram and TikTok, one often encounters the word “aesthetic” that predominately applies to areas such as fashion, home decor, music, or books. Examples …
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