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Looking backward to look forward: reading Edward Bellamy during Covid-19

Looking backward to look forward: reading Edward Bellamy during Covid-19

by Talking Humanities | Oct 28, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Publications, Republished

Dr Rajiv Prabhakar wonders whether utopian or speculative fiction, such as Edward Bellamy’s ‘Looking Backward: 2000–1887’, might be a useful guide when considering alternative visions for the future. The coronavirus crisis has ushered in its own...
The philosophy of lockdown

The philosophy of lockdown

by Talking Humanities | Mar 19, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Republished

 Dr Silvia Panizza, a University College Dublin philosopher in coronavirus lockdown in Italy, on how to think positive about isolation and ‘take the opportunity to think about what the outbreak can tell us about ourselves – and our planet’. ‘I am...

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