Aeon3d
Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions
is an anthropologist working with the Runa of the Ecuadorian Amazon. She has a PhD in anthropology from the London School of Economics, and is the principal investigator of the LearningNatures project ...
Aeon3d
‘Save the parasites’ may not be a popular rallying cry – but it could be a vital one
One in three parasitic species is in danger. Here’s why humans may need to power through the ‘ick’ to save them ...
Aeon5d
What do past, present and future mean to a philosopher of time?
In this eloquent lecture, the Italian theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli takes audiences on a journey to the edges of our understanding of time. Working from ideas explored in his book The ...
Aeon5d
The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients
The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients ...
Aeon6d
A filmmaker responds to Lars von Trier’s call for a new muse with a unique application
When Lars von Trier seeks applications for a ‘female girlfriend/muse’, a filmmaker puts forward her 72-year-old lesbian ...
Aeon7d
Since states are founded on violence and expulsion, their existence is always bound up in thorny questions about justice
Demands to recognise the ‘right of a state to exist’ ring from op-ed pages to US Congressional committee rooms. This demand is most frequently encountered in the context of Israel and the framing of ...
Aeon10d
We can now create compelling experiences of talking with our dead. Is this ghoulish, therapeutic or something else again?
is assistant professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University.