And while air pumps had been devised way back in 1650, the spirit of sharing scientific truths democratically was modern. "The dissemination of knowledge," Riding tells the BBC, "was a new thing to the 18th Century."Depictions of modern lifeAnd this...
Getty ImagesGarfield's inauguration ceremony in March 1881; he set out as President with an ambitious agenda (Credit: Getty Images)Makowsky's crucial task was to sift through Millard's detailed dive into the history of the assassination and construct a narrative appealing to...
This intriguing series from Vince Gilligan stars Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn as a cynical woman living in a world where people are suddenly happy all the time. The result is George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.If a...
Gary Gerstle, historian and Paul Mellon Professor of American History Emeritus, Director of Research in American History and Emeritus Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK, considers American history since the fall of communism through the prism of the Civil...
The launch press conference for the 2025 Berlin Biennale, at the Sophiensäle in the city’s Mitte district, was filled to capacity. First to speak was Katarzyna Wielgow-Skolimowska, artistic director of Germany’s Federal Cultural Foundation, for many years a principal supporter...
Vladimir Putin’s favourite exhibition, laconically called ‘Russia’, took centre stage in Moscow’s cultural scene from November 2023 to July 2024. Located in VDNKh, a 325-hectare exhibition and recreation complex built in 1939 during the Stalin era to showcase Soviet economic,...
In an issue of Esprit entitled Consciences de l’écologie, Catherine Larrère looks at how the ecological thought of the social philosopher André Gorz was shaped by two works published in the 1970s: Edward Goldsmith and Robert Allen’s A Blueprint for...
In Blätter, Seyla Benhabib writes that Israel’s war on Hamas reflects three significant shifts in international relations: first, protectionism, imperialism and expansionism replacing globalisation, particularly in the invasion – or threats of invasion – by Russia, the United States, China...
It is possible to recognize historical events while they are unfolding, even if their significance is still difficult to evaluate. While October 7th does not have the magnitude of the fall of the Roman Empire or the Industrial Revolution, it...
In the past, and in the burning present – the two often colliding – long-term resistance has taken shape by starting from erasure. By refusing erasure, by exposing it, by opposing it with other stories. Counter-memories unravel not only myths...
