TikTok and Taboo: Mysticism in the Information Age
“Animism has endowed things with souls; industrialism turns souls into things.” — Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment Continue reading
“Animism has endowed things with souls; industrialism turns souls into things.” — Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment Continue reading
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