Daisies in Ecstasy

This past spring I had the opportunity to see the blockbuster exhibition, Caravaggio 2025, at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. The Italian painter, known for his use of dramatic lighting …
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In recent years, there has been much talk about the death of capitalism—whether that death is imminent, in process, or something that has already happened. In the latter category, we …
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The mind is not located, but enacted. Let me rephrase: you say hello to your neighbour, not out of kindness, but because he still hasn’t returned the carton of eggs …
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Edward Said ends his introduction to Orientalism with a plea for “unlearning”: “If [Orientalism] stimulates a new kind of dealing with the Orient, indeed if it eliminates the ‘Orient’ and …
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