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Searching for the ‘republic of possibility’

In June 2024, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced that he was going to withdraw a finance bill that, via tax

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Orbánism after Orbán | Eurozine

Viktor Orbán’s defeat has deprived the European far right of its most successful model of government. Patriots for Europe remain

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Bread baked in someone else’s oven

One’s mother tongue is the greatest comfort blanket, an intimacy like no other, in which we feel most at ease

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Ecology to an anarchist beat

Although a consensus is forming as to the necessity of an ecological approach, ecology has been politically neutered and, in

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Narrative Apocalypse | Eurozine

Narratives of Apocalypse are a defining feature of the present. In parallel, narrative itself is in decline, or even obsolete,

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The nine buzzy Cannes films that could become Oscar contenders

There were hardly any American films at Cannes this year, but one of them was a clear festival highlight. Written

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Whistler’s Mother is a US icon

Like all successful memes the original concept is easily understandable. Its theme of motherhood is universal, and the composition and

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Why Star Wars went so wrong

Indeed, this might be a problem with the whole Star Wars universe, as it’s developed over the past decade –

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The actress who could make Oscars history

From blockbusters to Cannes hits, Germany’s Sandra Hüller is on an amazing run Source link

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How Kraftwerk’s radical 1976 track Radioactivity became an anti-nuclear anthem

Kraftwerk’s entire catalogue is a kind of extraordinary circuit board, connecting to unlimited musical styles: hip-hop; electro; ambient; new wave;