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Familiar and Alien Deaths: Philippe Ariés’ Western Attitudes Towards Death

While many historians explore the history of nations and kings, in 1974, the French historian Philippe Ariés explored what may be the sole constant...

IanSeptember 23, 2014

Documentaries

The Idea of the Id: Adam Curtis’
The Century of the Self

For good or ill, the theories of Sigmund Freud exerted an enormous influence on the 20th century, becoming deeply entrenched in Western culture to...

IanAugust 13, 2014

History

“The Horrifying Puzzle” – Sven Lindqvist’s A History of Bombing

Sven Lindqvist’s 2000 A History of Bombing grapples with the great terror of the twentieth century, the cascade of bombs raining down unto the...

IanAugust 5, 2014

Bizarre

Satire in the Strange Realms of the Underground World

Ludvig Holberg’s 1741 Latin novel, The Journey of the Niels Klim to the World Underground presents a far-ranging satire of European society through an...

IanJuly 31, 2014

Bizarre

Viking Terror & The Blood-Eagle

Writing around the year 1200, the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus recounts a vicious execution, taking place several centuries before his own lifetime in the...

IanJuly 23, 2014

Bizarre

Familiar and Alien Deaths: Philippe Ariés’ Western Attitudes Towards Death

Documentaries

The Idea of the Id: Adam Curtis’ The Century of the Self

History

“The Horrifying Puzzle” – Sven Lindqvist’s A History of Bombing

Bizarre

Satire in the Strange Realms of the Underground World

Bizarre

Viking Terror & The Blood-Eagle

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The Idea of the Id: Adam Curtis’
The Century of the Self