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The Meaning of History
Past and Present
History, the collective experience of Mankind, teaches us about the present and the future. How do we look at events of the past? Do they help to solve our present political or …
The Return of Geopolitics
From Mongol invasions to modern US-Russia relations--how global geopolitics shift in unforeseeable waysIt has been almost 30 years since Francis Fukuyama proposed that we were …
The Return of Consciousness
Man and Technology
City, Civility and Capitalism
How architecture and trade foster civic and urban health, from the Renaissance to BrexitWhat role does architecture and trade play in creating civilized societies? How can we …
Incontro: University And Mass Media
Umberto Eco wrote this essay when he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Letters by Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada). The essay appears here in three languages: English, …
In The Writers' Words Volume 58
Laurence Hutchman, in Writers' Words: Conversations with Eight Canadian Poets, interviews major poets of the modernist period: Ralph Gustafson, George Johnston, P.K. Page, Fred …
Knowledge and information
We have come a long way from the religions, myths and foundation stories that created the bedrock of man s early understanding of the world and everything in it, and our stock of …
Obsessed with Language
A fascinating study of the French-Canadian dialect, this insightful analysis examines the intimate relationship between Quebec and its heartily defended dialect, from 19th-century …