The confidence with which someone walks says less about their actual competence than about the role they agree to play
There is a way of walking that has become suspicious, that of the one…
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
11 articles published in this category.
How viveza criolla and the entertainment business manufacture Argentina’s impunity together
Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the World Cup 2026 final, on…
Jean Ziegler, or the Endless War from Inside the Monster’s Brain
Jean Ziegler died on 10 June 2026 in Geneva, aged 92, from complications of…
An ordinary love would have ended in forgetting, but ordinary loves do not need a museum to prove they existed
Some novels begin as one thing and end up being another. They present themselves…
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…
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.…