Tag: history
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I want to introduce you to Zomia. Zomia is the 8th largest country in the world by area, spanning over 2.5 billion square kilometers. It hosts a vibrant and diverse… more ›
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The “lightbulb conspiracy” refers to a notorious episode in the history of planned obsolescence, centered around the Phoebus cartel of the 1920s. This group of major lightbulb manufacturers, including Osram,… more ›
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An excerpt from Ellen Meiksins Wood’s The Origin of Capitalism, one of the clearest articulations of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4809-the-transition-from-feudalism-to-capitalism more ›
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In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism,… more ›
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If the day of Otti Berger’s death is not known, its place and cause are. In April 1944, Berger – part deaf, Jewish, a communist – was arrested in her… more ›
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From goddesses and deities to demons and witches, women’s spirituality has always been fraught and the instigator of both awe-inspiring respect and immense anxieties. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/01/revered-and-feared/ more ›
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The process that gave rise to Eurocentrism in social sciences and history is somewhat comparable to the follies of youth. Little children have difficulty believing that their parents existed before… more ›
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This was a year – 2023 – that found new ways to shatter the “End of History” hope that the nightmarish spectres of the 20th century had been buried in the… more ›
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Developed by an international team of computer scientists, AI experts and humanities scholars, the Smell Explorer is a vast compendium of smells as represented in 23,000 images and 62,000 public domain texts,… more ›