The cultural contradictions of commercialised asceticismConsiders the paradoxes of No-Buy challenges and other marketable practices of delayed gratification via Daniel Bell and other thinkers.Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
Collective responsibility, not collective guilt: lessons from Jaspers and ArendtExplores how Karl Jaspers’ and Hannah Arendt’s post-war writings illuminate current debates on collective responsibility and guilt.May 12, 20211May 12, 20211
Sociological musings on the “new normal”Considers how the “new normal” of COVID-19 might keep shaping sociality and social being in the short-to-mid-term.Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
What Georg Simmel can teach us about social distancingThe classical sociologist and philosopher’s ideas on social proximity and remoteness shed light on everyday life in the COVID-19 pandemic.May 31, 2020May 31, 2020
