A single sentence during the halftime show of the Super Bowl LX turned a global spectacle into a moment of reflection.
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Category: Opinions
The Price of Art: What are Museums really for?
The recent increase in ticket prices at several of Florence’s civic and state museums has reopened the debate.
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The Movement That Made Us
For most of human history, migration was not a political choice.
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When Violence Stops Only with Permission
The withdrawal of police forces is often presented as a gesture of moderation. But it is not.
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Fra Angelico, when the Museum Becomes a Cathedral
In recent years, critics and historians have noted how museums have quietly assumed a role once occupied by churches.
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The Distance Between Women: Generations and the Unequal Weight of Silence
Generational gaps between women often stem from different ways of naming, remembering, and making sense of experiences that were once endured in silence.
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The Renee Good Case: The Trouble with Explaining Violence
A reflection on how acts of institutional violence are explained, and on what disappears from view when attention remains fixed on individual motives rather than on structures of power.
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When Power Stops Answering to Institutions
The latest episodes of institutional violence are no longer mere incidents. They signal a drift in which force precedes responsibility and the individual replaces the institution’s function.
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Beyond the Law: How We Choose Our Wars
From Ukraine to Gaza, the appeal to international law shifts with political alignment, exposing a crisis of consistency in Europe’s moral framework.
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Maduro: the end of a man is not the beginning of a country
Removing a dictator does not amount to building a democracy.
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