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Neoliberalism is like Proteus but also more fundamentally like King Midas. I remember hearing his story for the first time as a little child and
The clutches of neoliberalism are always vile, yet they can be overt or subtle. We need to understand both kinds if we want to wage
We need myths and even ideologies to make sense of the world and be active in it. When I say this, I employ these two
In the collection of ancient books that we call the Bible, trees are mostly presented as symbols of life, prosperity, and fruitfulness. They are recognized
I came quite late to think about trees — at least consciously — so I am no expert at all in the matter. But I
Trees are the only organisms that infallibly, when they die, leave the place better than they found it. This sentence is attributed by Stefano Mancuso’s
A very important sub-theme has emerged this week in my discussion of the theme of ritual. This theme is represented by the relations between the
We believe we pick our battles, but in a deeper sense our battles pick us. This was, at least, my case when, as a child,
I am reading a very good book by philosopher Byung-Chul Han entitled The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present. Originally written in German
One prophetic voice of our times is that of the Catholic Archbishop of Naples, Italy, who was placed in that position by Pope Francis and
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