Hannah Arendt
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The continuity of loneliness
TRAUMA: Unearth the subtle connections between personal lives and external conflicts, as 'The Diagonal Force' leads you towards Hannah Arendt's celebration of human capacity.
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Jean-Luc Godard: Death was waiting
CINEMA: Four films and two books – can they capture something about this newly dead legend of cinema? Let me try, especially with Godard’s intellectual autobiography and two new films about him.
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A treacherous saviour
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's staging of himself has been successful enough to keep him at the helm for years. But the role models for his ruling BJP party were inspired by German and Italian fascism.
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In the direction of the totalitarian
PRE-FASCISM: Written for society «between Hitler and Stalin», Timothy Snyder's book lies between patriotic obedience and political disobedience.
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The relationship between art and the political
ART: Though many of today's patrons use art as a giant advertising pillar, what can art still do when politicians lie?
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The masses and the people
PSYCHOLOGY: Is it possible to understand why the majority choose a leader or a slave-like existence?
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A time for everything and nothing
When our faith in grand narratives erodes as our lives become increasingly hectic, time itself loses its direction and meaning.
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A thought-provoking, peculiar exploration of nature
ECOLOGY: A magnificent documentary about the natural origins of what we consider to be man-made and the connection between man and nature.
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