Brazil is the world’s most biologically diverse country. It is home to around 15% of the known animals and plants, and scientists discover approximately 700 new animal species each year. But Brazil, being one of the newly emerging economies, is … Continue reading The Making of Curitiba: Brazil’s Ecological Sustainable City
Classical Athens was the world’s first democracy. It was also the only polis run by a city government in the Greek world, surrounded by powerful monarchies and oligarchies that were sceptical of their system. Despite its uniqueness, Athens became the … Continue reading Disenchanted with the Masses: Plato and the Athenian Democracy
When we see the term ‘Machiavellian’, manipulative rulers and ambitious politicians spring to mind. It is a word often associated with ruthless dictators in the 20th Century: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Pol Pot; or the masterminds behind revolutions. Today, the British … Continue reading Niccolò Machiavelli: The Florentine Philosopher and Diplomat Behind Political Realism in ‘The Prince’
During an interview with Greek newspaper Ta Nea this year, Boris Johnson explicitly ruled out the return of the Elgin marbles to Athens. He insisted Lord Elgin acquired the marbles from Parthenon legally in the 1810s. Since then, it is … Continue reading Contested Heritage: Lord Elgin and the Legacy of the Parthenon Marbles
This is a case study of man’s capacity for brutality and bloodshed. 13th July 1942, in the Polish town of Józefów, a police battalion of 500 men slaughtered 1500 Jews. A year later, the same battalion participated in the horrendous … Continue reading Banality of Evil: The Story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 in Relation to Thinking and Judgement