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How the fall of the Roman empire paved the road to modernity – Walter Scheidel | Aeon Essays

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Brand India

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How a country used myth and mystique to tempt global investors – and seeded a toxic...
How a country used myth and mystique to tempt global investors – and seeded a toxic Hindu nationalism in the processBy Ravinder KaurRead at Aeon

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The subjective turn

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For Hegel, human nature strives through history to unchain itself from tradition. But is such inner...
For Hegel, human nature strives through history to unchain itself from tradition. But is such inner freedom worth the cost?By Jon StewartRead at Aeon

history of ideas progress and modernity thinkers and theories
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The rise and rise of creativity

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Once seen as the work of genius, how did creativity become an engine of economic growth...
Once seen as the work of genius, how did creativity become an engine of economic growth and a corporate imperative?By Steven ShapinRead at Aeon

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Thirty glorious years

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Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to...
Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?By Jonathan HopkinRead at Aeon

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Repetition and rupture

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Reinhart Koselleck, the last great theorist of history, sought in the apparent chaos of events a...
Reinhart Koselleck, the last great theorist of history, sought in the apparent chaos of events a science of experienceBy Stefan-Ludwig HoffmannRead at Aeon

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Money and modern life

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Sociologist Georg Simmel diagnosed the character of modern city life: finance, fashion and becoming strangers to...
Sociologist Georg Simmel diagnosed the character of modern city life: finance, fashion and becoming strangers to one anotherBy Daniel LopezRead at Aeon

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Tea and capitalism

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The China tea trade was a paradox: a global, intensified industry without the usual spectacle of...
The China tea trade was a paradox: a global, intensified industry without the usual spectacle of factories and technologyBy Andrew LiuRead at Aeon

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The theorist of belonging

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Judith Shklar fled Nazis and Stalinism before discovering in African-American history the dilemma of modern liberalismBy...
Judith Shklar fled Nazis and Stalinism before discovering in African-American history the dilemma of modern liberalismBy Samantha Ashenden & Andreas HessRead at Aeon

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Why working-class Britons loved reading and debating the Classics – Edith Hall | Aeon Essays

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A Classical education was never just for the elite, but was a precious and inspiring part...
A Classical education was never just for the elite, but was a precious and inspiring part of working-class British lifeBy Edith HallRead at Aeon

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Solidarity is not dead: how workers can force progressive change – Carl Rhodes | Aeon Ideas

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In November last year, 20,000 Google employees across the world walked out of work. They were...
In November last year, 20,000 Google employees across the world walked out of work. They were protesting the ways in which their employer had failed to address sexual harassment in the workplace. Less than a year later, most of the leaders of the walkout have left Google accusing the company of r...By Carl RhodesRead at Aeon

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How the fall of the Roman empire paved the road to modernity – Walter Scheidel | Aeon Essays

Brand India

The subjective turn

The rise and rise of creativity

Thirty glorious years

Repetition and rupture

Money and modern life

Tea and capitalism

The theorist of belonging

Why working-class Britons loved reading and debating the Classics – Edith Hall | Aeon Essays

Solidarity is not dead: how workers can force progressive change – Carl Rhodes | Aeon Ideas