Getting to the position of a high-ranking politician requires a lot of effort. But in the case of many politicians, their success is based on unfortunate personality and psychological characteristics that they are able to …
How does disinformation overwrite the imagination and beliefs of those who consume it? With this half-serious programmatic manifesto for a deadly serious issue, Romanian journal Scena9 sets out to explore online fake news and the …
On New Year’s Eve, Russian state television aired a programme that represented the height of tastelessness and kitsch; compared to it, the former Engerian “cauldron of entertainment” Ein Kessel Buntes is the pinnacle of television …
The idea that the purpose of culture is reconciliation confronts Ukrainian cultural activists with a dilemma: how to preserve one’s dignity while keeping the attention of western institutions? In front of me sat a grey-haired …
The truth must be constantly repeated, because error is also constantly being proclaimed around us, and not only by individuals, but also by multitudes. Johann …
In socialist Czechoslovakia, one of the world’s biggest arms exporters, issues of durability and demise were taken into account. Why, then, do Cold War weapons continue to resurface in deadly attacks and armed conflicts across …
At the end of the year, newspapers and magazines are full of summaries and reviews of the significant and important things that have happened during the year. At the beginning of the year, they offer …
The message of the coming of Jesus Christ into the world at Christmas time is probably the most enduring false message that has survived with us for two millennia. Without social media, trolls and misinformation. …
The first year of Russia’s war of aggression and what comes next Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure are putting the resilience of the Ukrainian people to the test. While attitudes and moods on the home …
Are we experiencing family breakdown? What does the family mean to us and what function does it fulfil, or has it ceased to fulfil, today? The fourth panel of the Age of Mistrust conference, organised …