How is the Gaza genocide, arguably the most documented genocide in history, not being seen by so many? This article offers two potential explanations for the paradox of hypervisible invisibility by outlining two key imaginative mechanisms of disregard. The first is the racial humanitarian imaginary, which sets an imp...
The seemingly inescapable consequences of the climate crisis paint a grim vision of an impending apocalyptic end—one that could lead humankind to extinction through ecological catastrophe. The eschatological perspective and the ecological grief it generates are often articulated through terminology infused with religio...
Even 200 years after the death of Russian Emperor Alexander I, historians continue to debate the so-called mystery of his character. There are persistent beliefs about his deceitfulness, insincerity, histrionics, and his penchant for charming others, all of which concealed an inner emptiness. Meanwhile, analysis of thi...
A. Andreev· Vestnik of Saint Petersburg...· 0 citations
ABSTRACT:The longing to speak to the beloved beyond death is humanity’s oldest yearning. I describe a modern phenomenon, the ghostbot, an artificial intelligence reconstruction of a human person, “created” by using text and images left behind after a person has died. Often this data is generated by a willing participan...
Since Aristotle’s famous declaration that the speculative sciences originated with the emergence of a leisure class, it has been accepted as a truism that intellectual activity requires political stability and leisure in order to flourish. Paradoxically, however, some of the most powerful and influential contributions...
Abstract This study explores how rumours, negative messages, and apocalyptic interpretations affected imperial authority at the Byzantine court. Rulers faced constant uncertainty about the duration of their reigns and the threat of usurpation. Dreams, ominous natural phenomena, monsters, collapsing statues, and circula...
M. Grünbart· 0 citations
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