the empire of belief: how religion became the battlefield of power
religion is often spoken of in hushed tones, as if it were some timeless, immovable force that simply exists. but […]
seeing through empire: x-rays, control, and the violence of vision
let’s begin with a simple question: what is an empire if not an elaborate apparatus for making people visible in
suicide and society: the unbearable weight of meaning
suicide, we are told, is a deeply personal act. it is a manifestation of inner torment, a tragic endpoint of
the myth of biological laws: why life defies our need for order
science has always been obsessed with laws. newtonian physics, maxwell’s equations, even einstein’s elegant formulations—all these give us the illusion
the grand delusion of altruism: evolution, deception, and the inconvenient social animal
there is something oddly comforting about the idea of human altruism. that we, as social creatures, are hardwired to be
the political geography of forgetting: how maps erase power struggles
we often assume that maps simply depict reality, that they are neutral tools of navigation, guiding us across landscapes with
the forgotten half of contraception: why men remain spectators in their own reproduction
for decades, the narrative of reproductive control has been deceptively simple: women bear the biological burden, and thus, they must
the fetish of the clitoris: science, feminism, and the politics of sexual difference
one is tempted to ask: is not the very insistence on female orgasm as a physiological inevitability itself a kind
sexuality in africa
the perception of sexuality in africa has been shaped over centuries by various power dynamics, cultural shifts, and external interventions.
was jesus influenced by buddhism?
the life of jesus is one of history’s greatest mysteries. while much of his public ministry is recorded in the