Articles

Freud’s thought emerges not from the triumph of Hellenism over Judaism, but from the enduring tension between these two traditions. Psychoanalysis reveals their deeper kinship, as seemingly opposed cultural worlds return as uncanny doubles of a shared origin.

A four-day journey through Tunis, exploring Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, Oudna, and the Bardo Museum, while embracing the art of flânerie in the labyrinthine Medina. An itinerary shaped less by rigid plans than by wandering, discovery, and the rhythms of the city.

A brief and intense narrative about grief, guilt, and the distance between two sisters, where physical pain becomes the metaphor of an inner wound that cannot heal. In *Convalescence*, Han Kang intertwines body and memory to portray a loss that finds no cure, yet through writing discovers a fragile form of recomposition.

Democracy proclaims liberty as its core value, yet the rule of the majority and the pursuit of equality can threaten individual freedom.

Liberal constitutional systems attempt to resolve this paradox by limiting power so that freedom can be preserved.

In Opera aperta, Umberto Eco argues that modern art is fundamentally “open,” meaning that artworks invite active interpretation and participation from the reader, listener, or viewer.
Drawing on avant-garde music, literature, and philosophy, he shows how contemporary works deliberately create multiple possible meanings rather than a single fixed interpretation.