Totó la Momposina and the Memory That States Do Not Keep
Some cultures survive because an institution decides to protect them, fund them, catalogue them…
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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The Traqueto as True Mirror of Colombian Capitalism
Colombia has spent decades conducting a cultural operation without a name and almost without…
What Tanizaki Knew in 1933 and Five Billion Users Are Learning Too Late
In 1933, as imperial Japan electrified itself at a forced pace and Western architects…
Schopenhauer, or How Loving Is Obeying the Species and Calling It Freedom
Schopenhauer was not a man who chose his words to reassure. His thesis on…
The animal we never chose and never managed to do without
There is a scene that plays out millions of times a day on screens…
In 1886, Tolstoy Described a Man Who Did Everything Right and Never Really Lived. Today That Man Has a Hundred Million Followers
There are books that age and books that wait. The Death of Ivan Ilyich,…
What Happens When the Publisher Refuses: Bolloré and the End of Editorial Independence in France
In April 2026, Olivier Nora was dismissed from Grasset after 26 years as director.…
The fury governing our world was already in the Iliad, and Homer knew how it ends
Homer wrote the Iliad nearly three thousand years ago. The first word of the…
Colombia on the Couch: a Psychological Portrait of a Joy That Hurts
Colombia arrives at the consultation without having made an appointment. That already says something.…