- August 10, 2025
Eternal twilight of the Ulster kind
In 1975, the American sociologist Michael Hechter published a book on the evolution of the United Kingdom; fifty years on, its insights are strikingly pertinent
Religion and Secularism | Eurozine
Let’s start with the basics: What is secularism? Well, according to the Enycolpedia Britannica, even scholars have a hard time defining it to the fullest,
Sleep tight, mate | Eurozine
Loneliness is a serious public health issue. The Mental Health Foundation confirms that it makes it harder for people to connect, which leads to fear
Lula 3.0 and the austerity trap
Campaigning for his third term as president in 2022, Lula da Silva ran on a straightforward message: making Brazil “happy again”. Now, halfway through his
‘A’ at the end of the alphabet
Should sexual relationships, with all their complications, really be a benchmark of societal acceptance? Vox Feminae investigates the history of asexuality and aromanticism: pathologized by
Writing on the wall, writing on the water
Cofiwch Dryweryn (remember Tryweryn). The walls exhort us in bright red and white, from Llanrhystud in West Wales to Chicago. And the writing’s not only
Russia’s dreams of re-Union | Eurozine
For three decades after the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, political science and practical politics in Western Europe and North America very rarely addressed Moscow’s
The language that waited at the doorstep
Languages’ similarities are not rooted in a special genetics for language. They follow from culture and common information-processing solutions and have their own individual evolutionary
Extraterrestrial concepts of life | Eurozine
Sometimes it is almost impossible to escape a feeling of wonder for the abundance of life in our world. Especially on a summer’s day –
The Arab apocalypse | Eurozine
Historians are generally wary of commemorations – fireworks that dazzle the eye only to fade in the same instant. But they are also aware that