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Love yesterday… And today?
Feelings are shrinking like shagreen leather; no one opens up about their feelings anymore, love is relegated to the cellar, even inner life is no longer of interest. This is Günther Anders's sad observation of the generations before the post-Covid dehumanization...
Dec 3, 20239 min read


Gabriel García Márquez, rumor and delusional contagion
Gabriel García Márquez was not only the brilliant novelist of One Hundred Years of Solitude and other great works. He wrote many stories, some of which have been published. Among these stories, one has, to my knowledge, never been included in a book. It is entitled Algo muy grave va a suceder en este pueblo:
"Something very serious is going to happen in the village."
Nov 5, 20238 min read


Philosophy of Education: Clearing Your Mind
Is it still possible to educate children? We increasingly doubt it—and we also sense that this is an unprecedented catastrophe. Ariane Bilheran returns here to what constitutes the pillars of education, in other words, the fundamental criteria of a civilized society.
Sep 10, 20239 min read


Virginie against the Leviathan: interview by Ariane Bilheran 2/2
In the first part of this interview, Ms. Virginie de Araújo-Recchia gave us the details of the incredible search and arrest of which she was the victim in France.
Jul 23, 20237 min read


Virginie against the Leviathan: interview by Ariane Bilheran 1/2
What do you call a regime that makes lawyers complicit in the crimes their clients are accused of? A regime that criminalizes the expression of dissenting opinions, that sends its special services to arrest dissidents in the early hours, that "cooks" them incommunicado and arbitrarily confiscates their documents?
Jul 16, 202312 min read


The Mechanisms of Totalitarianism: Delusional Contagion and Totalitarian Drift
How can we explain mass adherence to ideologies in totalitarian systems, and the irrational actions they command? More than ten years ago, in my business consulting work, I coined the notion of "delusional contagion" [1] for the literature on psychosocial risks and suffering at work.
Jul 7, 20235 min read
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