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"The Three Body Problem, as carried by the novels and the series, injects into global popular culture a politics of time that, after all, closely resembles that of the CCP: a narrative of a world after the old order’s end, but before the catastrophe’s arrival. A world, moreover, defined by the fight between the human capacity for linear progress and its cyclical, inevitable descent into chaos." Read my latest essay in Issue Seven of the European Review of Books. https://lnkd.in/e2kSRfJE

Discover THE WAITING WATER by Alexander Sorenson! This insightful book delves into the haunting motif of drowning in German Realist literature, highlighting how these submerged stories reflect the era's social and moral tensions. Uncover the deeper meanings behind these powerful narratives—click the link for more! https://ow.ly/jwmK50TvJeC

The newest video @DecipheringArt looks at the role of the palm-leaf manuscript in the transmission of knowledge and culture. https://lnkd.in/dUZp3Tjn

In this week's episode of Australiana from The Spectator Australia, I chat to political scientist and author, Yascha Mounk. We discuss Yascha's brilliant book, 'The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time'. Jonathan Haidt called it, "Among the most insightful and important books written in the last decade on democracy and its current torments". I agree wholeheartedly. Listen: https://lnkd.in/e-syUeGz

The Old Western Culture Reader Series. 16 volumes of great books from the Greeks to the Early Modern period. See each one: https://lnkd.in/gPc2TumN

Two new books on Spinoza are perfectly timed for a new age of censoriousness, political authoritarianism, and intellectual intolerance, writes Enrique Krauze. Read the full commentary at the link for free. https://bit.ly/3yFYqh1

From "Skylines", my upcoming book on modern urban conflict - As we can see, to effectively make sense of, and untangle those “condensation of conflicts, opposites and antagonism” will require, or even demand, a deep and thorough understanding of the levers and red buttons of conflict causes and their effects. Otherwise, we are simply dealing with the conflict symptoms, which can easily end up in an unending high-stakes game of whack-a-mole.

✨The Tales of the Feathered Serpent graphic novel series is perfect for fans of myth and legend! 🎉The second installment, The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song (10/29), was called "An engrossing tale of fledgling heroics," by Kirkus Reviews. 📚Learn more about the series and find links to pre-order the second volume by visiting us at bit.ly/HeroTwins!

Pendragon ('Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure Through Time and Space' book series by D.J. MacHale) https://lnkd.in/eBzz8XEa