Flavio Barbaro

The #AllroadsleadtoRome meme is my favourite meme of this year: it's probably the most philosophical and profound one. It's a memento mori of our times, with the style and music of a drama masterpiece. It's wonderful to see how a phrase from the 12th century comes back to life through a meme.

Don't you miss Penelope? On love, loss, and the art of return.

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FEBS Press Romantic and maternal love are highly rewarding experiences. Both are linked to the perpetuation of the species and therefore have a closely linked biological function of crucial evolutionary importa...

I'm writing an article about love and I would like to share this source with you: "The neurobiology of love" by Semir Zeki, 2007, FEBS Letters, Wiley Online Library share.google/oBSCaelrCu0y...

The ideological paradox Why democracy needs what it cannot defend and why we should return to Ithaca.

We've entered the century with most crises of all times: from the environmental #crisis, to the political crisis through the military and financial ones. How're we going to face it? With what ideas? Here the main suggestion: we should come back to Ithaca.

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Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.

Breaking News: Senator Cory Booker’s speech criticizing President Trump has just become the longest speech in recorded Senate history.

New Guidelines for Preschool and Primary Education’ by the Ministry of Education and Merit in Italy

«Only the West knows History» is the most narrow-minded interpretation of history someone could have.

From the ‘New Guidelines for Preschool and Primary Education’ by the Ministry of Education and Merit in #Italy.

Dahrendorf, Simmel, and the Mini Metro Paradox – The New Federalist In this article, we delve into the theories of Ralf Dahrendorf and Georg Simmel to explore the intricate balance between economic prosperity, social unity, and political liberty in modern society.…

Do you know what Perugia's main means of transport, Western society and my progressive Catholic friend named Mary have in common? If you don't know, this article is for you!

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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Opinion | How Europe Swung to the Right ‘A lot of people simply haven’t been heard for a long time.’

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Each interview in this article reflects a key aspect of #populism: the exclusion of certain groups, the appeal to a homogeneous and undefined people against a homogeneous and undefined political class and the revivalist tone. We must take this seriously.

È stata liberata Cecilia Sala - Il Post In questo momento si trova su un volo per l'Italia

Cecilia Sala è stata liberata: in questo momento si trova su un volo per l'Italia

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📕 "𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚" by 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹

This volume by Sarah Bakewell offers us, through the biography of Montaigne, life lessons to learn from: the relationship with writing, the approach to death, and the praise of mediocrity, from a man who was anything but mediocre.

📙 "𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩" by 𝗝𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 (2020)

@jathansadowski.com highlights how new technologies bring convenience on one hand, while on the other, they fuel a new type of capitalism: digital capitalism, where the currency is information itself.

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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.

The sugar-rich state of Maharashtra in India supplies companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Unilever. Its workers are at the mercy of their employers, frequently working under the threat of violence, abduction and murder, our investigation found.

The impartiality of Foreigners The presumption of impartiality may not seem like a cause of alienation and objectification, but it is.

"The Impartiality of Foreigners" - The presumption of impartiality may not seem like a cause of alienation and objectification, but it is

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• Nowadays, politicians like #Salvini mention #Musk in discussions about European migration laws to support their arguments, simply because he is outside our national "walls"./2

Foreigners have long been regarded as impartial figures, as noted by Simmel in his 1908 work "Sociology":
• During the Middle Ages, many #Italian municipal statutes required foreigners to occupy some of the highest positions, as they were considered impartial due to being "outside the walls"/1

• "La ricreazione è finita" di Dario Ferrari, Sellerio editore
• "Il capitale nell'antropocene" di Saito Kohei, Einaudi
• "A grandezza naturale" di Erri De Luca, Feltrinelli

00.33 di domenica 17 novembre. Sto preparando del materiale per un convegno sul tema delle "𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢". Voglio trovare della #letteratura sulla caduta di Costantinopoli, sulla 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘥'𝘖𝘳𝘰. Trovo questa lettera di Isidoro di Kiev, 1453. L'emozione delle piccole scoperte.

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