culture

“Study, study and study!”. This famous quote, with which Lenin hoped to encourage the illiterate masses of peasants to become self-conscious socialists, seems to have made a comeback in Russia, this time for other reasons. At the beginning…

Nel frastuono della guerra, lo scioglimento definitivo dell’associazione Memorial (Мемориал) il 28 febbraio 2022 – dopo il rigetto del suo ricorso alla Corte suprema della Federazione Russa – è passato del tutto inosservato. Siamo lontani…

Many in the West struggle to recognize former Russian President Dimitri Medvedev. In a June 7th tweet, the once pro-liberal politician wrote, “I hate . They are bastards and scum. They want death to us, Russia, and as long as I’m alive, I…

L’arrivo di milioni di profughi dall’Ucraina ha risvegliato il dibattito sull’immigrazione; una delle grandi questioni non risolte in Europa. Le donne e i bambini ucraini ci ricordano anche la pressione dall’Africa e dal Medio Oriente è…

German thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote that a good philosophical work could consist entirely of jokes. In many ways, jokes are a sociological treasure: they capture widespread social perceptions, and they amuse and criticize at the same…