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
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Mad(e) Men: Historicism and History as Told Through Period Drama and TV
In the medium of the movies (what used to be short for moving pictures) there is something called an establishing Continue reading
Unbuilding Walls, 2: Foundation and Footing
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road Continue reading
Seoul Stories: Han Kang, Violence and Candlelight
The day I stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of thousands of my fellow civilians, staring down the barrels of Continue reading
Blue Labyrinths 