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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Monsters and Myths
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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