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Calvino, Pavese, and the Italian Anti-Nuclear Movement of 1950
In July 1950, Italo Calvino joined Cesare Pavese and others in signing the Stockholm Appeal against atomic weapons, a significant event highlighting Italy's complex history with nuclear development and the widespread intellectual engagement with the issue in the post-war era.
Calvino, Pavese, and the Italian Anti-Nuclear Movement of 1950
In July 1950, Italo Calvino joined Cesare Pavese and others in signing the Stockholm Appeal against atomic weapons, a significant event highlighting Italy's complex history with nuclear development and the widespread intellectual engagement with the issue in the post-war era.
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32% Bias Score
Spanish Historians' Impact on Post-Franco Scholarship
Spanish historians Santos Juliá and José-Carlos Mainer, shaped by Franco's dictatorship, advanced social history methodologies and profoundly influenced the study of Spain's democratic transition, with Mainer's seminal work on Spain's Silver Age and Juliá's extensive writings on contemporary Spanish...
Spanish Historians' Impact on Post-Franco Scholarship
Spanish historians Santos Juliá and José-Carlos Mainer, shaped by Franco's dictatorship, advanced social history methodologies and profoundly influenced the study of Spain's democratic transition, with Mainer's seminal work on Spain's Silver Age and Juliá's extensive writings on contemporary Spanish...
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20% Bias Score
Dimaras's Intellectual Evolution: From Medievalism to Enlightenment
Giannis Dimitriakakis's "Paths of Thought of K. Th. Dimaras" details the early anti-Enlightenment views of the renowned scholar, revealing his initial embrace of medieval principles and critique of classical rationalism and modernity, and his eventual embrace of Enlightenment values after World War ...
Dimaras's Intellectual Evolution: From Medievalism to Enlightenment
Giannis Dimitriakakis's "Paths of Thought of K. Th. Dimaras" details the early anti-Enlightenment views of the renowned scholar, revealing his initial embrace of medieval principles and critique of classical rationalism and modernity, and his eventual embrace of Enlightenment values after World War ...
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16% Bias Score
Aristotle: The Most Influential Person in History?
John Sellars, a British philosopher, claims Aristotle is history's most important person due to his wide-ranging influence on modern thought, from science and politics to literature and logic, impacting fields far beyond philosophy.
Aristotle: The Most Influential Person in History?
John Sellars, a British philosopher, claims Aristotle is history's most important person due to his wide-ranging influence on modern thought, from science and politics to literature and logic, impacting fields far beyond philosophy.
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48% Bias Score
Philosophical Steamboat": 1922 Soviet Exile of Intellectuals
In 1922, around 300 dissenting Russian intellectuals, including doctors, professors, and writers, were forcibly exiled by the Soviet government on ships known as the "Philosophical Steamboat," reflecting the regime's intolerance toward opposition.
Philosophical Steamboat": 1922 Soviet Exile of Intellectuals
In 1922, around 300 dissenting Russian intellectuals, including doctors, professors, and writers, were forcibly exiled by the Soviet government on ships known as the "Philosophical Steamboat," reflecting the regime's intolerance toward opposition.
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60% Bias Score
Critique of Decolonial Studies
An analysis of decolonial studies, highlighting its origins, central concepts, and controversies, comparing it to postcolonial studies.
Critique of Decolonial Studies
An analysis of decolonial studies, highlighting its origins, central concepts, and controversies, comparing it to postcolonial studies.
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36% Bias Score
Compagnon's Testament: Reflections on Literary Endings and the Humanistic Intellectual
Antoine Compagnon's "Con la vida por detrás", published by Acantilado, compiles his final lectures at the Collège de France, reflecting on the final works of major authors and the changing role of the humanistic intellectual, a model he embodies.
Compagnon's Testament: Reflections on Literary Endings and the Humanistic Intellectual
Antoine Compagnon's "Con la vida por detrás", published by Acantilado, compiles his final lectures at the Collège de France, reflecting on the final works of major authors and the changing role of the humanistic intellectual, a model he embodies.
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60% Bias Score
Death of Pierre Nora: A Loss for French History and Intellectual Life
Pierre Nora, a prominent French historian and publisher, died at 93; his seminal work, 'Les Lieux de mémoire,' profoundly impacted French historical scholarship and national identity studies, while his later work defended historians' freedom of expression.
Death of Pierre Nora: A Loss for French History and Intellectual Life
Pierre Nora, a prominent French historian and publisher, died at 93; his seminal work, 'Les Lieux de mémoire,' profoundly impacted French historical scholarship and national identity studies, while his later work defended historians' freedom of expression.
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8% Bias Score
Vargas Llosa: France, Politics, and a Shifting Literary Identity
Mario Vargas Llosa, in a February 2023 speech, attributed his understanding of Latin American sociopolitics and his identity as a writer to his time in France, revealing a shift from leftist ideals to supporting anti-left figures in Peru, while also warning against the impact of screens and social m...
Vargas Llosa: France, Politics, and a Shifting Literary Identity
Mario Vargas Llosa, in a February 2023 speech, attributed his understanding of Latin American sociopolitics and his identity as a writer to his time in France, revealing a shift from leftist ideals to supporting anti-left figures in Peru, while also warning against the impact of screens and social m...
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44% Bias Score
Post-War German Intellectuals: Gehlen, Adorno, and the Moral Reckoning
Thomas Wagner's "Adventures of Modernity" examines the post-1945 German intellectual scene through the lives and ideas of sociologist Arnold Gehlen, a former Nazi, and Theodor W. Adorno, a Jewish emigrant, highlighting their surprising collaboration and the complexities of post-war German society.
Post-War German Intellectuals: Gehlen, Adorno, and the Moral Reckoning
Thomas Wagner's "Adventures of Modernity" examines the post-1945 German intellectual scene through the lives and ideas of sociologist Arnold Gehlen, a former Nazi, and Theodor W. Adorno, a Jewish emigrant, highlighting their surprising collaboration and the complexities of post-war German society.
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48% Bias Score
Marseille 1940: Intellectuals' Flight from Nazi Advance
Uwe Wittstock's "Marseille 1940" recounts the May 1940 flight of 8–10 million people from the Nazi advance in France, focusing on hundreds of German and Austrian intellectuals and writers including Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Walter Benjamin, detailing their experiences in in...
Marseille 1940: Intellectuals' Flight from Nazi Advance
Uwe Wittstock's "Marseille 1940" recounts the May 1940 flight of 8–10 million people from the Nazi advance in France, focusing on hundreds of German and Austrian intellectuals and writers including Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Walter Benjamin, detailing their experiences in in...
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40% Bias Score
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