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Seeking the source of get-up-and-go.
According to some major religions, work is a crucial arena for spiritual connection
Three years ago, a mob of insurrectionists stormed and temporarily occupied the U.S. Capitol building. 1/6 has joined 9/11 and 12/7 as dates that will live in infamy in American history. But 1/6 is a significant date for a much more important reason.
In his essays, Walter Benjamin sought to understand the nature of modernity. He drew on Marxism but was not contained by it, ranging across literature, art, popular culture, even Jewish mysticism.
Wolfram Eilenberger's "The Visionaries" is a wild ride through ten of the worst years in the 20th century and four remarkable lives.