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Often seeming to utilise parodic humour, Žižek has positioned himself as a ‘defender of lost causes’.

The Slovenian philosopher is one of the world’s most famous thinkers. But what does he actually stand for?

In 452, an unarmed and unaccompanied Pope Leo I met Attila the Hun outside the gates of Rome and singlehandedly persuaded him not to sack the city.  In 1095, Pope Urban II gave a rousing speech to the...

In 452, and unarmed and unaccompanied Pope Leo I met Attila the Hun outside the gates of Rome and singlehandedly persuaded him to not sack the city.  In 1095, Pope Urban II gave a rousing speech to th...

The historian helped transform the writing of history – and with it our understanding of the modern world.

Democracy is bound to defeat tyranny because it is simply a better idea.

I50 years of the Paris Commune Why the Paris Commune Still Resonates, 150 Years Later Thursday 3 June 2021, by Enzo Traverso There is a paradoxical discrepancy between the meteoric rise and fall of the Paris Commune, whose life did not exceed seventy-two days, and its lasting presence as a central experience in the Left’s historical consciousness. Viewed through the lens of what some scholars call “world history,” what happened in Paris between March 18 and May 28, 1871, is almost insign...