a global intellectual commons
Stylized painting of a butterfly flying through cobwebs against a dark background.
June 26, 2025
In an ancient forest, tourists and people on the move walk parallel paths
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The breakdown of meaning can threaten the very foundations of a civil society
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Poland
Violence and Policing Minorities
March 12, 2025
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Poland
“The Symbolic Equivalent of a Pogrom” in Poland
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Poland
The Powers and Limits of Hospitality: Lublin, Poland
May 17, 2022
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Poland
A Connection That Never Expired
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Democracy
A Few Remarks on Outing
February 8, 2021
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Israel/Palestine
How Israel Freezes Palestinian Salaries
May 14, 2025
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Israel/Palestine
The Vision of Hegemony Driving Israel’s Regional Policy
April 28, 2025
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Israel/Palestine
Israel’s Grotesque Violation of Jewish Values
March 3, 2025
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Israel/Palestine
The Self-Orientalization of Israeli Politics
February 19, 2025 and
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Israel/Palestine
Notes on Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest
September 25, 2024
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Habitat
Reimagining Ecological Repair
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Cities
The Islandization of Miami
April 22, 2025
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Migration
Belonging as Poetry in New Narratives on the Peopling of America
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Cities
Testing the Waters in Gotham
March 20, 2024
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Climate Change
Taking Water for Granted
March 5, 2024 and
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Psyche
Whitman, Spiritual Decay, and the Last Light of American Faith
May 14, 2025
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Psyche
Martha Stewart’s Tripartite Soul
April 14, 2025
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Psyche
Driven Mad by a Marxist Daughter
March 25, 2024
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Psyche
Understanding Myself Wasn’t All It Was Cracked Up to Be
February 7, 2023
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Psyche
Psychoanalysis and Post-Truth
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Literature
The Fate of the Artist Under Totalitarianism
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Literature
Electronic Music’s Savior Complex
June 16, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence
Writing Was Always Magical
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Literature
The Monster Became My Companion
June 11, 2025 and
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Literature
Blurb Me
June 3, 2025
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Migration
Asylum and the Hierarchy of Suffering
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Migration
Border Time
February 24, 2025
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Migration
Migrants Are Parents and Children
October 31, 2024
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Migration
Leaving Honduras
October 31, 2024 and
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Politics
Immigration and the US Presidential Election