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The Future as a Humanist Ideology

On the 26th and 27th of June an international conference in Leiden brought together critical insights into “The Future” as a humanist ideal. The desire for a better, more peaceful and more plentiful life for all humans may not be as innocent as it seems.

Peter Pels • September 08, 2014

Walking and protesting in Brasília

Protests in Brazil are heating up preparations for the football World Cup. These demonstrations and other ways of using the streets of Brasília emphasize that the future did not turn out to be as utopian and rich as imagined before.

Erik Bähre • July 15, 2013 • 4 comments

Glamour ladies

Rethinking modernity by studying 20th century Asian divas.

Bart Barendregt • June 25, 2013