There are moments when language itself seems to break. Faced with images of children pulled from the rubble, of cities reduced to concrete skeletons, of lives erased with the cold precision of a statistic, we discover that the words we … Continua a leggere The Grammar of Murder and the Morality of Dialogue
The word “restanza” isn’t in most dictionaries. It doesn’t appear in headlines or policy papers. And yet, for many people—especially those living in places often dismissed as peripheral—it captures something essential. It speaks to the experience of staying not as … Continua a leggere The Unmapped Life. Living where categories fail
The article explores the concept of liminality, illustrating how transitional moments in life shape identity and experience. Traditional societies embraced communal rituals to navigate these thresholds, unlike modern ceremonies that lack transformative power. This shift highlights a struggle between seeking intense experiences and the inability to genuinely confront pivotal life changes, embodying existential tension central to humanity. Continua a leggere Inverted Proteus: liminality and anthropological impoverishment in the crisis of modern identity
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