The National Socialist movement acquired an air of respectability through their collaboration with the established elites of right-wing politics. This was a situation of give and take. If the right-wing Establishment was to work with the Nazis, they had to be reassured that the National Socialists harbored no “class-war tendencies” (Noakes and Pridham, 1983). […]

Belly dancing, often hailed as one of humanity’s oldest movement techniques, is a curious blend of tradition and mystery. Its roots stretch across continents and millennia, tracing whispers of fertility rites meant to prepare a pregnant woman’s body for labor, gypsy migrations through India, and even connections to Alexander the Great’s legendary bashes. But […]

The ancient Medes are one of the least understood and most often overlooked people of the ancient Near East. In the 7th century BCE, the Medes helped conquer the Assyrian Empire on their way to establishing a powerful kingdom in ancient Iran and played a major role in the region’s transition from the Iron […]

The New Objectivity movement (or Neue Sachlichkeit in German) sought to portray a raw, unfiltered reality amidst the social chaos of the era. Artists rejected idealism, focusing instead on precise, often stark depictions of modern society. Themes ranged from urbanization and technology to the aftermath of World War I and social inequality. The movement […]