Eurosceptic parties won 135 out of 751 seats in the last European Parliament election (2019).[1] This may not seem like much, but it raises the question of what is happening to the integrative concept of the European Union. A Green politician and current German vice…
I have never thought that Madonna was the inspiration of this piece. When I was listening to it carefully by minding the lyrics, I came across these two lines, and wondered, so music can have a dual role for humanity: it either divides or unites.…
Although it is rarely discussed in Turkey, we observe profound paradigm shifts regarding welfare systems worldwide, especially after the 2000s. Some describe it as post-neoliberal political economy. In fact, the paradigm describes a system we have been familiar with for a while in Turkey, peculiarly…
“Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter” read the headline in the New York Times at the end of last week, referring to the public discourse surrounding Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform Twitter [1]. Known as a controversial entrepreneur, Musk…
This text is the English translation of the article “Bir Duvar Dolusu Paslanmış Jilet: Modernite ve Atık Kültürü“, by Yiğit Yolcu, published on arete portal on 19 August 2022. The text was translated into English by Emin Aslan Özbek. Modernity has brought progress, ease, and…
On one of the last warm summer nights of this year, the conversation turned to Harry Potter and the four houses of Hogwarts. Quickly I was assigned Ravenclaw. I, who had read all the books in this series as a teenager, but had also suppressed…
