Mental health has become a concern as we face the Coronavirus: including fearful anxiety, anger in supermarkets, and the effects of social isolation. Steve Latham Among health workers, and other essential services, however, stress, rather than inactivity, will be the major psychological problem. But we should also consider […]
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Wittgenstein and Trump: the politics of grammar
In Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus”, language has an unassailable grip on reality. It pictures the world but cannot say how it mirrors reality because we cannot get outside of language to see this mirroring. In his late philosophy, we find the antipode: language has no essence; language-games have different rules and different […]
The great disconnect
Warren Buffet, the US investment guru, has apparently withdrawn all his investments in airlines. In addition, Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is removing all its flights from Gatwick Airport. Steve Latham What does this portend for the future of air-travel? While it may be good for climate change, in […]
Bolsonaro and the threat to press freedom in Brazil
As I started to write this text to inform the public about the threats that the Diário do Centro do Mundo (DCM), has been receiving, our website’s lawyer called me with worrying news. Joaquim de Carvalho, Editor in Chief of DCM A far-right politician, linked to Brazilian President […]
Reparations and genetics: Have they anything to say to each other?
Genetic modification and reparations for slavery might seem on first appearances to be somewhat distant companions. Nigel Pocock How should we define ‘GM’? If we limit the definition to a laboratory, deliberately excluding the social context, then we are unlikely to make a connection between reparations and GM. […]
















