History
Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination
Rousseau’s Émile
6/20/26
Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination
Rousseau’s Émile
6/20/26
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide
Suicide by Proxy
6/5/26
Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide
Suicide by Proxy
6/5/26
Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund
Spiegelgrund
6/3/26
Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund
Spiegelgrund
6/3/26
Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics
Enhanced Games
6/3/26
Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics
Enhanced Games
6/3/26
Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners
Emotional incest and enmeshment
5/29/26
Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners
Emotional incest and enmeshment
5/29/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer: A Cultural Analysis
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer
4/24/26
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer: A Cultural Analysis
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer
4/24/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject: Suicide and the Fundamental Ethics of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject
4/1/26
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject: Suicide and the Fundamental Ethics of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject
4/1/26
Slowing down: Is ‘dusking’ the art of slowing down in a mindful life, or is it simply slowness as yet another trend towards greater well-being?
Slowing down
3/30/26
Slowing down: Is ‘dusking’ the art of slowing down in a mindful life, or is it simply slowness as yet another trend towards greater well-being?
Slowing down
3/30/26
Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma and Criticism in the Context of Scientific Psychology for Those Affected
Bessel van der Kolk
3/24/26
Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma and Criticism in the Context of Scientific Psychology for Those Affected
Bessel van der Kolk
3/24/26
The Case of Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll, Laudanum and Victorian Social Criticism
The Case of Alice in Wonderland
3/27/26
The Case of Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll, Laudanum and Victorian Social Criticism
The Case of Alice in Wonderland
3/27/26
Losing track of time whilst marvelling? The psychology of wonder
The psychology of wonder
3/19/26
Losing track of time whilst marvelling? The psychology of wonder
The psychology of wonder
3/19/26
Emotion and cultural influence
Emotion and cultural influence
3/18/26
Emotion and cultural influence
Emotion and cultural influence
3/18/26
The psychology of power and abuse of power: Does power change character and behaviour?
The psychology of power and abuse of power
3/13/26
The psychology of power and abuse of power: Does power change character and behaviour?
The psychology of power and abuse of power
3/13/26
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal: The psychology of details in the Epstein files
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal
3/6/26
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal: The psychology of details in the Epstein files
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal
3/6/26
Medieval female mysticism and death wish
Medieval
2/27/26
Medieval female mysticism and death wish
Medieval
2/27/26
The Princess and the Pea: a fairy tale for children and adults by Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess and the Pea
2/25/26
The Princess and the Pea: a fairy tale for children and adults by Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess and the Pea
2/25/26
Longevity: Long life, mental strength and health – all well and good. But please, no "longevity fixation syndrome"
Longevity
2/24/26
Longevity: Long life, mental strength and health – all well and good. But please, no "longevity fixation syndrome"
Longevity
2/24/26
Sexual obsessive thoughts: the obsessive-compulsive disorder that nobody talks about
Sexual obsessive thoughts
2/19/26
Sexual obsessive thoughts: the obsessive-compulsive disorder that nobody talks about
Sexual obsessive thoughts
2/19/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Inner Freedom and Growth: Living and Growing Despite Pain
Inner Freedom and Growth
1/23/26
Inner Freedom and Growth: Living and Growing Despite Pain
Inner Freedom and Growth
1/23/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
The origins and history of Christmas
Christmas
12/22/25
The origins and history of Christmas
Christmas
12/22/25
History and emotion: Fundamentals of the history of emotions
History and emotion
12/15/25
History and emotion: Fundamentals of the history of emotions
History and emotion
12/15/25
Episodic memory: function, development and impairment
Episodic memory
12/17/25
Episodic memory: function, development and impairment
Episodic memory
12/17/25
St. Nicholas Day: Nicholas of Myra, date, customs and significance
St. Nicholas Day
12/5/25
St. Nicholas Day: Nicholas of Myra, date, customs and significance
St. Nicholas Day
12/5/25
Against Fear: Rituals against Fear, Anxiety and Panic – Origin and Evolution
Against Fear
11/28/25
Against Fear: Rituals against Fear, Anxiety and Panic – Origin and Evolution
Against Fear
11/28/25
TJ & Georgia: Toxic relationship caused by social media influencers on Instagram?
TJ & Georgia
11/17/25
TJ & Georgia: Toxic relationship caused by social media influencers on Instagram?
TJ & Georgia
11/17/25
Jeffrey Epstein: Obsessive Selfishness, Vanity and Power Hunger in the Epstein Affair
Jeffrey Epstein
11/21/25
Jeffrey Epstein: Obsessive Selfishness, Vanity and Power Hunger in the Epstein Affair
Jeffrey Epstein
11/21/25
The Diderot Effect: The consumer trap and its impact explained simply
The Diderot Effect
11/19/25
The Diderot Effect: The consumer trap and its impact explained simply
The Diderot Effect
11/19/25
Anarcha Westcott, Lucy, Betsey: Enslaved Women and Medical Sadism
Anarcha Westcott, Lucy, Betsey
11/14/25
Anarcha Westcott, Lucy, Betsey: Enslaved Women and Medical Sadism
Anarcha Westcott, Lucy, Betsey
11/14/25
Halloween: From Samhain, witches and art history
Halloween
10/28/25
Halloween: From Samhain, witches and art history
Halloween
10/28/25
The Reverse Bucket List: Satisfaction with what you have already experienced, renunciation, and your happiness
The Reverse Bucket List
10/30/25
The Reverse Bucket List: Satisfaction with what you have already experienced, renunciation, and your happiness
The Reverse Bucket List
10/30/25
Victor of Aveyron: The True Story of the Wolf Boy
Victor of Aveyron
10/24/25
Victor of Aveyron: The True Story of the Wolf Boy
Victor of Aveyron
10/24/25
Do You Stink? Whole-body deodorants generate insecurity in the age of the “Exposed Self” and profit from it.
Do You Stink?
10/14/25
Do You Stink? Whole-body deodorants generate insecurity in the age of the “Exposed Self” and profit from it.
Do You Stink?
10/14/25
Bigorexia: When excessive muscle building becomes an addiction to an Adonis-like physique for young men
Bigorexia
10/6/25
Bigorexia: When excessive muscle building becomes an addiction to an Adonis-like physique for young men
Bigorexia
10/6/25
AI Slop: Artificial intelligence, digital videos and AI rubbish on the internet and on TikTok & Co.
AI Slop
9/22/25
AI Slop: Artificial intelligence, digital videos and AI rubbish on the internet and on TikTok & Co.
AI Slop
9/22/25
‘parlare a vanvera’ Italian: English translation of the term in the dictionary and its bizarre history.
‘parlare a vanvera’
9/19/25
‘parlare a vanvera’ Italian: English translation of the term in the dictionary and its bizarre history.
‘parlare a vanvera’
9/19/25
‘Just Kill Them’ and Euthanasia: Concept and Crime – Past and Present
‘Just Kill Them’ and Euthanasia
9/17/25
‘Just Kill Them’ and Euthanasia: Concept and Crime – Past and Present
‘Just Kill Them’ and Euthanasia
9/17/25
Ava 2050: Influencers, digital footprints and health
Ava 2050: Influencers, digital footprints and health
9/12/25
Ava 2050: Influencers, digital footprints and health
Ava 2050: Influencers, digital footprints and health
9/12/25
High sensitivity: Perception, exhaustion and everyday life
High sensitivity
9/11/25
High sensitivity: Perception, exhaustion and everyday life
High sensitivity
9/11/25
Boredom: Brain, creativity and the power of doing nothing
Boredom
9/10/25
Boredom: Brain, creativity and the power of doing nothing
Boredom
9/10/25
Carl Gustav Jung's Analytical Psychology of Individuation in Midlife
Psychology of Individuation in Midlife
9/9/25
Carl Gustav Jung's Analytical Psychology of Individuation in Midlife
Psychology of Individuation in Midlife
9/9/25
August blues or summer sadness at the end of summer and seasonal affective disorder with depression are not the same thing.
August blues or summer sadness
9/1/25
August blues or summer sadness at the end of summer and seasonal affective disorder with depression are not the same thing.
August blues or summer sadness
9/1/25
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