The story of Israel and Palestine in comic strips
In these times, comics and graphic novels can offer an incisive, insightful medium for thoughtfulness and reflection…
The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: many voices, no shared vision
At this stage, coordinated action by France, Germany and the UK, as in the case of Iran, does not seem to be in sight either. Unfortunately, the Israeli-Palestinian issue shows the limits…
Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: international laws and treaties are failing to stop a new arms race
As with every potential future threat, it seems, international law and regulation are left scrambling to catch up with the march of technology – to govern what Oppenheimer called “the relations between…
Noam Chomsky versus Collapse Theory – A New “Debate of the Century”
A New “Debate of the Century” between Noam Chomsky, Miguel Fuentes, Guy McPherson, John Bellamy Foster, Yanis Varoufakis, and Max Wilbert…
Haruki Murakami – Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2023
The Jury of the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature decided on Wednesday to bestow the distinction on Haruki Murakami. According to the jury, Murakami has been able to express some…
The politics of the castaway story
The castaway story has helped promulgate a view about human nature as eternal and unchanging. By taking human beings out of society, our supposedly fundamentally individualist survival instincts come to the fore.…
Oscars 2023: The philosophy of Everything Everywhere All at Once explained
Beyond its witty, ludicrous humour, the film successfully transmits profound philosophical contemplation, enlightening a global audience through the ancient Chinese thought of Daoism, that has so much to offer to the contemporary…
Why can’t Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers
Two ideas can help us think about polarization on matters of fact. The first is epistemic pluralism, and the second is epistemic dependence…
3 reasons not to be a Stoic (but try Nietzsche instead)
Neil Durrant, Macquarie University For an ancient philosophy, Stoicism is doing extremely well in 2023. Quotes from the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius litter my Instagram feed; you can find…
Second earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria causing more than 1,400 deaths
A strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and destroying dozens of buildings…